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Stroke order
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Meaning (Japanese)
- ほこる。偉ぶる。自慢する。大袈裟に言う。
- 長所となるものを持つ。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「言」+音符「夸」。「ほこる」を意味する漢語｛誇｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- コJHS
- Kun (native)
- ほこ(る)JHS
- Other languages
- 拼音kua1
- 한글gwa
- Hán-ViệtKhoa
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 13 strokes
- Radical
- 言(げん)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+8A87
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言夸
Words using this kanji
- 誇りほこり「ほこり」を参照。pride, boast, credit (to)
- 誇るほこるto boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in
- 誇大こだい実際よりも大きく見ること。過大に評価すること。 実際よりも大きく見せかけること。実際よりも優れてみえるように、他人をあざむくこと。exaggeration, hyperbole
- 誇張こちょう実態よりも大きく見せること。大袈裟に表すこと。exaggeration
- 誇示こじ誇らしげに何かを示すこと。 誇らしげに示す。flaunting, showing off, display (of power, wealth, etc.), ostentation
- 誇らしいほこらしいproud, haughty, arrogant
- 誇称こしょう誇って大袈裟に言うこと。boasting, exaggeration
- 誇色こしょくproud countenance
- 誇り顔ほこりがおtriumphant look
- 誇張法こちょうほうhyperbole
- 誇らかほこらかproud
- 誇り高いほこりたかいproud, lordly
- 誇大妄想こだいもうそう自分が現在置かれている状態を良くも悪くも過大に評価し、それが現実であるかのように思い込むこと。メガロマニア。megalomania, delusions of grandeur
- 誇大広告こだいこうこくdeceptive advertising, misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
- 誇らしげほこらしげproud, triumphant, boastful
- 誇り高きほこりたかきproud
- 誇大宣伝こだいせんでんexaggerated advertisement, overblown advertising, hype
- 誇大妄想狂こだいもうそうきょうmegalomania
- 誇りに思うほこりにおもうto take pride in, to pride oneself, to be proud of
- 誇示的消費こじてきしょうひconspicuous consumption
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-7-6- Four Corner
0462.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a6.9- Heisig
- 1332
- Nelson
- 4354