kuā
extravagant
Extravagant 夸 words 言; 夸 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 誇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to exaggerate | ||
to boast | ||
to praise | ||
to exaggerate | ||
to exaggerate |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[kʷʰ]ˤra | khwae | kuā | boast |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 16.6106% of movies
1742nd most common character in movies
1955th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8A87 |
Shuowen | “誇，譀也。从言，夸聲。” |
Sources
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