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U+8A87, 誇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A87

[U+8A86]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8A88]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 149, +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口大一尸 (YRKMS), four-corner 04627, composition )

  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. /*
simp. *

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰʷraː) : semantic (words, language) + phonetic (OC *kʰʷraː)

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter khwae
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faa1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15652
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷraː/

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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  • (to boast):
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  • (to praise):
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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: khoe

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

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

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: (ka)
  • Kan’yō-on: (ko, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ほこる (hokoru, 誇る, Jōyō)ほこり (hokori)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 자랑할 (jaranghal gwa))

  1. hanja form? of (boast, brag)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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

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References

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