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<WL>夸 [kuā] (F誇) exaggerate (夸大), brag/boast, talk big (夸耀)@@; (HDZ:) 奢侈 … [kuà] 跨: 兼跨, 跨越, (HDC:) 夸邁: 超越 [kuǎ] (F誇) “夸𡗸”, 自大 | <WL>夸 [kuā] (F誇) exaggerate (夸大), brag/boast, talk big (夸耀)@@; (HDZ:) 奢侈 … [kuà] 跨: 兼跨, 跨越, (HDC:) 夸邁: 超越 [kuǎ] (F誇) “夸𡗸”, 自大 | ||
| − | The character 夸 kuā ‘exaggerate/brag’ is an old | + | The character 夸 kuā ‘exaggerate/brag’ (6 strokes) is an old form (and component) of 誇 kuā ‘exaggerate/brag’, today re-used as the simple form of the full-form character 誇 (13 strokes); 夸 is not used in full-form texts, except exceptionally. |
Note: The lower part 亏 of 夸 is an old wr. of 于 yú, not to be confused with the modern simple form 亏/虧 kuī (see below). | Note: The lower part 亏 of 夸 is an old wr. of 于 yú, not to be confused with the modern simple form 亏/虧 kuī (see below). | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夸() kuā ‘extravagant/exaggerate’ combines 大() dà ‘great’ (man with arms spread wide), and 于(亏) yú ‘in/than’ (phonosemantic): exaggerate that sth. is 大于 ‘greater/more than’ (truth | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夸() kuā ‘extravagant/exaggerate’ combines 大() dà ‘great’ (man with arms spread wide), and 于(亏) yú ‘in/than’ (phonosemantic): exaggerate that sth. is 大于 ‘greater/more than’ it really is (elaborate on the truth, expand upon the real, be immoderate). |
The Shuōwén Seal form of 誇() kuā ‘exaggerate/brag’ combines 言 yán ‘direct speech’, and 夸() kuā (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 夸. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 誇() kuā ‘exaggerate/brag’ combines 言 yán ‘direct speech’, and 夸() kuā (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 夸. | ||
| − | Compare: | + | Compare: 跨() kuà ‘ford a stream; step over’, formerly also wr. 夸. |
“[夸] A 大 great 亏 exclamation” —Karlgren(AD). | “[夸] A 大 great 亏 exclamation” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
Compare: 亏/虧() kuī, in which 雐() hū (phonetic). | Compare: 亏/虧() kuī, in which 雐() hū (phonetic). | ||
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