Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

誇: boast, be proud

Also: pride, triumphantly

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 夸 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コko · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 誇大妄想こだいもうそうmegalomania
  • 誇張するこちょうするexaggerate
  • 誇示するこじするdisplay, show off

ほこるhokoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 誇るほこるboast of, be proud of
  • 誇りほこりpride
  • 誇らしいほこらしいproud

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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Also read コ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
誇 boast · 夸
vs獄 prison · ⺨ + 犬
誇 has 夸 where 獄 has ⺨ + 犬.
In ChineseSimplified 夸 · traditional, as in Japanese · kuā

Japan keeps the traditional form 誇; mainland China simplifies it to 夸.

Simplified
夸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
誇 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin kuā most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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