夸

See also: 誇
夸 U+5938, 夸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5938
← 夷
[U+5937] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夹 →
[U+5939]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 夸
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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 大 + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa)

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 夸

Pronunciation 1

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
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		 kwaa1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 夸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khwæ ›
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 夸
Reading # 1/1
No. 15648
Phonetic
component		 于
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 誇
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰʷraː/
Definitions

夸

  1. extravagant; luxurious; handsome

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

夸

  1. † beautiful

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

夸

  1. † Alternative form of 跨 (kuà, “to cross over”).

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

夸

  1. † Only used in 夸𡗸.
Compounds
  • 大言非夸
  • 夸人
  • 夸克 (kuākè)
  • 夸姣
  • 夸容

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 夸 – see 誇 (“to boast; to exaggerate; to praise; to commend; etc.”).
(This character, 夸, is the simplified form of 誇.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
夸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. boast

Readings
  • On (unclassified): こ (ko); か (ka)
  • Kun: おごる (ogoru)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

夸 (eum 과 (gwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

夸: Hán Nôm readings: khoa

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