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Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 夸
Variants: 夸

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kuā, qù
Cantonese: kwaa1
JapaneseKun: HOKORU HOKORI
JapaneseOn: KO KA
Korean: KWA
Vietnamese: khoa

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: exaggerate; brag, boast; flaunt

CE-Dict: to boast/to exaggerate/to praise

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to boast
2.to exaggerate
3.to praise

1.big; large
2.lavish; luxurious
3.good-looking; pleasant
4.to talk big

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: boast; exaggerate; overstate

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: boast; exaggerate; overstate

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》誇譀也。从言夸聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】誇
〔古文〕𧥢【唐韻】苦瓜切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】枯瓜切，𠀤音夸。【說文】譀也。【玉篇】逞也。【廣韻】大言也。【史記·日者傳】多言誇，嚴莫大於此矣。【前漢·揚雄傳】誇詡衆庶。【晉書·成公綏傳】大而不誇。　又大也。【前漢·外戚傳】妾誇布服糲食。【孟康註】誇，大也。大布之衣也。　又【廣雅】誇誇，切切也。　又【集韻】通作夸。【前漢·楊僕傳】懷銀黃，夸鄕里。　又【韻會】或作侉。【書·畢命】驕淫矜侉。　又【集韻】區遇切，驅去聲。歌也。　又叶苦禾切，音科。【韓愈·讀東方朔雜事詩】頷頭可其奏，送以紫玉珂。方朔不懲創，挾恩更矜誇。　【干祿字書】一作誇。【字彙補】譌作𧧳。【韻會】當从夸。俗作𡘆，非是。誇字的夸原从大从亐（于）作。

CF-Dict: exagérer/louer

Han-De-Dict: preisen, renommieren (u.E.) (V)