Original meaning: stepping forward or from side to side
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 夸 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kʰʷraː | |
| kʰʷraːʔ | ||
| kʰʷraːs | ||
| kʰʷaːs | ||
| Unicode | kuà |
說文解字
《說文》：“跨，渡也。从足，夸聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)