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誇

See also: 夸
誇 U+8A87, 誇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A87
← 誆
[U+8A86] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 誈 →
[U+8A88]

Translingual

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Han character

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誇 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 卜口大一尸 (YRKMS), four-corner 04627, composition ⿰訁夸)

  1. exaggerate
  2. brag, boast
  3. flaunt

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1161, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35474
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3962, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8A87

Chinese

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trad. 誇/夸*
simp. 夸*
alternative forms 侉
𧥢
𧧳

Glyph origin

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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 / 形声, OC *kʰʷraː): semantic 言 (“words, language”) + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː)

Etymology

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Compare Burmese ကြွား (krwa:, “to boast”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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  • 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 (Hokkien) /kʰua⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰua⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰua⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰua³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /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
Baxter khwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠua/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/kʰua/
Wang
Li 		/kʰwa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faa1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 誇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuā
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khwae ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[kʷʰ]ˁra/
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 誇
Reading # 1/1
No. 15652
Phonetic
component 		于
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		誇
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰʷraː/

Definitions

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誇

  1. to boast; to exaggerate
  2. to praise; to commend

Synonyms

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  • (to boast):
  • (to praise):
Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Singapore 稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese Guangzhou 讚, 誇獎
Hong Kong 讚
Singapore (Guangfu) 讚, 誇獎
Gan Nanchang 誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka Meixian 誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 阿腦
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min Xiamen 呵咾, 褒
Xiamen (Tong'an) 呵咾
Quanzhou 呵咾, 褒
Zhangzhou 呵咾, 褒
Zhao'an 呵咾
Taipei 呵咾, 褒
New Taipei (Sanxia) 呵咾, 褒
Kaohsiung 呵咾, 褒
Yilan 呵咾, 褒
Changhua (Lukang) 呵咾, 褒
Taichung 呵咾, 褒
Tainan 呵咾, 褒
Hsinchu 呵咾, 褒
Kinmen 褒
Penghu (Magong) 褒
Penang (Hokkien) 呵咾
Singapore (Hokkien) 呵咾
Manila (Hokkien) 呵咾
Chaozhou 呵咾
Shantou 呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
Singapore (Teochew) 呵咾
Leizhou 呵咾

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Vietnamese: khoe

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Kanji

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誇

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. boast
  2. be proud
  3. pride
  4. triumphantly

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Hanja

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誇 (eumhun 자랑할 과 (jaranghal gwa))

  1. hanja form? of 과 (“boast, brag”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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誇: Hán Việt readings: khoa
誇: Nôm readings: khoa, khoe[1], sua[2], thua[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Hồ (1976).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trần (2004).
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