Memory phrase for the character: 誇

誇

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Meaning

proud, boast, pride, triumphantly

Pronunciation

KO
hokoru

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 夸 (This is similar to: jaw, chin 顎 (= Under the eyes ロロ on the head 頁 is the jaw 丂)

Mnemonic
 
When your words come from such a fat 太 jaw 丂, you are proud and boast.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
太 thick, fat
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
丂 wound seeweed




 Vocabulary

誇り ほこり  pride
誇る ほこる  to boast of, to be proud of
誇張 こちょう  exaggeration

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