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夸

夸

See also: 誇

Translingual

Han character

夸 (radical 37 大+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大一一尸 (KMMS), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱大亏)

  1. extravagant, luxurious
  2. handsome

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 250, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5854
  • Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 526, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5938

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夸
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
侉 *qaːls
夸 *kʰʷraː
姱 *kʰʷraː
胯 *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨 *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇 *kʰʷraː
垮 *kʰʷraːʔ
銙 *kʰʷraːʔ
骻 *kʰʷraːʔ
咵 *kʰʷraːʔ
釫 *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦 *ɡʷraːs
鮬 *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀 *qʰʷl'aː
扝 *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳 *kʰʷaː
郀 *kʰʷaː
挎 *kʰʷaː
袴 *kʰʷaːs
絝 *kʰʷaːs
褲 *kʰʷaːs
恗 *qʰaː
洿 *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠 *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠 *ɢʷlaːʔ
污 *qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇 *qʷaː
圬 *qʷaː
鴮 *qʷaː
盓 *qʷaː
汙 *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗 *qʰʷl'a
摴 *qʰʷl'a
荂 *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩 *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁 *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱 *qʰʷa
訏 *qʰʷa
扜 *qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴 *qʰʷa
冔 *qʰʷaʔ
紆 *qʷa
陓 *qʷa
迂 *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶 *qʷa
于 *ɢʷa
盂 *ɢʷa
竽 *ɢʷa
邘 *ɢʷa
玗 *ɢʷa
芋 *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅 *ɢʷa
釪 *ɢʷa
骬 *ɢʷa
謣 *ɢʷla
宇 *ɢʷaʔ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 夸

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 夸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 苦瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠua/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰwaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /kʰua/
Wang
Li		 /kʰwa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuā
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 夸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khwæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[kʷʰ]ˤra/
English boast

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 夸
Reading # 1/1
No. 15648
Phonetic
component		 于
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 誇
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰʷraː/

Definitions

夸

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夸 – see 誇.
(This character, 夸, is the simplified form of 誇.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

夸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 夸克

Korean

Hanja

夸 • ‎(gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa)

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