夸赞
kuā​zàn

praise

夸 kuā exaggerate Simplified

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big

great

亏
亏 Sound component
kuī deficit, lose

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 10 verified)

跨垮挎胯绔瓠侉袴刳誇

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

绔匏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwae[kʷʰ]ˤra boast

說文解字

《說文》：“夸，奢也。从大，于聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

赞 zàn praise, support Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 兟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贊.

Components

兟
兟 Sound component
shēn go forward
贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells (貝) were used as currency in ancient China. Used here to depict financial support.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

攒瓒缵趱躜臜

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

誇 extravagant Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
夸
夸 Sound component
kuā exaggerate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwae[kʷʰ]ˤra boast

說文解字

《說文》：“誇，譀也。从言，夸聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

贊 zàn praise, support Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 兟 represents the sound.

Components

兟
兟 Sound component
shēn go forward
貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell

Shells (貝) were used as currency in ancient China. Used here to depict financial support.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

讚臢鑽攢

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

讚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsanHtsˤarʔ-s assist

說文解字

《說文》：“贊，見也。从貝，从兟。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)