夸

Spell out: + =

to boast; to exaggerate; to praise

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,997 U+5938

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

大 (semantic, “great”) + 亏 (phonetic, kuī)

components: 大亏

brag · Heisig RSH #2288

St. Bernard dog + snake hook

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亏

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亏 (kuī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亏 sound component	kuī	to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
污	wū	filthy, dirty; polluted, impure
圬	wū	to whitewash, to plaster over with mud
肟	wò	oxime, oximide, -oxil

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸	Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā	every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
夸下海口	kuā xia hǎi kǒu	see 誇海口\|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
夸大之词	kuā dà zhī cí	hyperbole; exaggeration
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸	wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā	every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans
吉普斯夸	Jí pǔ sī kuā	Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain
夸大其词	kuā dà qí cí	to exaggerate
上夸克	shàng kuā kè	up quark (particle physics)
夸海口	kuā hǎi kǒu	to boast; to talk big
下夸克	xià kuā kè	down quark (particle physics)
夸休可尔症	kuā xiū kě ěr zhèng	kwashiorkor (medicine)
奇异夸克	qí yì kuā kè	strange quark (particle physics)
底夸克	dǐ kuā kè	bottom quark (particle physics)
顶夸克	dǐng kuā kè	top quark (particle physics)
夸大	kuā dà	to exaggerate
自夸	zì kuā	to boast
夸克	kuā kè	(particle physics) (loanword) quark
夸口	kuā kǒu	to boast
夸多斗靡	kuā duō dòu mǐ	(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
夸张	kuā zhāng	to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageo…
夸称	kuā chēng	to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment