夸

誇

kuā

HSK 7freq #8011

Meanings

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kuā

1.to boast; to exaggerate
2.to praise

kuā

1.used in transliteration

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Wiktionary

1.extravagant; luxurious; handsome
2.beautiful
3.only used in 夸𡗸

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰʷraː): semantic 大 (“man”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa)

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Stroke order

Components

夸大亏

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我就当你夸我了。
I'll take that as a compliment.
我要一夸脫的牛奶。
I want a quart of milk.

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Derived terms

大言非夸夸人夸克夸姣夸容夸毗夸父夸父逐日夸特夸誕夸飾夸麗言大而夸阿拉拉夸拉頂夸克

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Related words

夸张 to exaggerate 夸奖 to praise 夸大 to exaggerate 夸耀 to brag about 夸口 to boast 夸称 to praise 夸赞 to praise 夸克 (particle physics) (loanword) quark 虚夸 to boast 自夸 to boast 浮夸 to exaggerate 底夸克 bottom quark (particle physics)