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誇
誇
See also: 夸
Translingual
Han character
誇 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口大一尸 (YRKMS), four-corner 04627, composition ⿰言夸)
References
- KangXi: page 1161, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35474
- Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3962, character 14
- Unihan data for U+8A87
Chinese
| trad. | 誇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 夸 | |
Glyph origin
| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷraː) : semantic 言 (“words, language”) + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː) – to speak boastfully.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ
- Wade-Giles: k'ua1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kua
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kwaa1
- Yale: kwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa1
- IPA (key): /kʷʰɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa
- Hakka Romanization System: kua´
- Hagfa Pinyim: kua1
- IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa
- Tâi-lô: khua
- Phofsit Daibuun: qoaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 誇 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰua⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /kʰua⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /kʰuɑ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /kʰua²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /kʰua²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kʰua²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /kʰua²¹/ | |
| Xining | /kʰua⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kʰua⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kʰua³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kʰua⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /kʰua³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /kʰua⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /kʰua⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /kʰua̠⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /kʰuɑ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /kʰua²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰua¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /kʰuɑ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kʰua³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/kʰo⁵³/ /kʰua⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰo⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kʰuɑ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kʰo³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰua³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /kʰuːə¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰua³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /kʰuɒ³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kuɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰua⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /kʰuɑ²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kʰwa⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /kʰʷa⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kʰwa⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kʰua⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰua⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kʰua⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kʰua³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /xua²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 誇 |
| 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 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 誇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15652 |
| Phonetic component |
于 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
誇 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰʷraː/ |
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
誇 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune-Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)
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