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extravagant

HSK 7
Human →Actions
kuā
コ、カ
ほご.る
과
Components
大 big+ 亏 deficit =
夸 extravagant
大 Meaning component
dà big
big, great, vast, large, high
great
亏 Phonetic component
kuī deficit
lose, fail
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Notes
Similar Characters
忕 habit爨 oven去 go叁 participate (simp)太 overly夯 heavy load夼 low奁 lady's (simp)奄 ere long奇 strange奈 can't help but奎 stride of man契 contract奓 extravagant (iii)奕 radiating vitality套 cover奘 stout奢 extravagant奩 lady's vanity case (trad)尖 tip
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
夸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
夸 [kuā]
see 夸克[kuā​kè]
夸 / 誇 [kuā]
to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (30)
夸张 [kuā​zhāng] #3,615
to exaggerate
夸奖 [kuā​jiǎng] #6,622
to praise
夸大 [kuā​dà] #12,232
to exaggerate
浮夸 [fú​kuā] #30,629
to exaggerate
夸耀 [kuā​yào] #21,822
to brag about
夸大其词 [kuā​dà​qí​cí] #18,816
to exaggerate
夸夸其谈 [kuā​kuā​qí​tán] #20,828
to talk big
自夸 [zì​kuā] #24,160
to boast
夸赞 [kuā​zàn] #34,462
to praise
夸口 [kuā​kǒu] #42,805
to boast
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