夸
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to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 大 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 夸
- Common rank
- #1,997
- Unicode
- U+5938
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Formation & memory
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Words with 夸
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老王卖瓜，自卖自夸 | every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans | |
| 夸下海口 | see 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3] | |
| 夸大之词 | hyperbole; exaggeration | |
| 王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸 | every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans | |
| 吉普斯夸 | Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain | |
| 夸大其词 | to exaggerate | |
| 上夸克 | up quark (particle physics) | |
| 夸海口 | to boast; to talk big | |
| 下夸克 | down quark (particle physics) | |
| 夸休可尔症 | kwashiorkor (medicine) | |
| 奇异夸克 | strange quark (particle physics) | |
| 底夸克 | bottom quark (particle physics) | |
| 顶夸克 | top quark (particle physics) | |
| 夸大 | to exaggerate | |
| 自夸 | to boast | |
| 夸克 | (particle physics) (loanword) quark | |
| 夸口 | to boast | |
| 夸多斗靡 | (idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition | |
| 夸张 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageo… | |
| 夸称 | to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 亏 — compare how they read.