夸

kua̅ = ku + a1

see 夸克[kua1 ke4]

夸 = 亏 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: a quark.

Karl Koala (ku) caught a lucky leprechaun (亏) for his friend the robot (大) and is allowed to have a wish in front of the ashram (a1). He wishes for enough quarks (夸) to build a quantum computer brain for the robot, which the leprechaun fulfills. As soon as it is done the robot starts to solve complicated mathematical problems, and Karl praises (夸) it.

夸

誇

kua̅ = ku + a1

to boast / to exaggerate / to praise

夸 character breakdown

夸
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 亏
  - 一
  - 丂
    - 一
    - ㇉
  - 二
    - 一
  - ㇉

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

亏

虧

kui̅ = ku + ei1

deficiency / deficit / luckily / it's lucky that... / (often ironically) fancy that...

亏 = 二 + ㇉ : Mnemonic symbol: a lucky leprechaun. The leprechaun (亏) wants to propose to Karl Koala (ku) and uses the romantic moment in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1). Unfortunately he has no ring, so he uses a capacitor (二) of which he bent the legs to build a ring. He's quite lucky (亏), because right after he gives the ring to Karl, a lightning bolt (㇉) strikes and hits poor Karl Koala. Had the leprechaun kept the ring, the lightning bolt would have hit him instead.

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 夸 as component

夸

誇

kua̅ = ku + a1

to boast / to exaggerate / to praise

跨

kuà = ku + a4

to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span

跨 = ⻊ + 夸 : Karl Koala (ku) found a strange quark (夸) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and to not step on it with his cowboy boots (⻊) he steps across (跨) the strange quark.

垮

kuǎ = ku + a3

to collapse / to break or wear down / to defeat

垮

kuǎ = ku + a3

to collapse (lit. or fig.)

挎

kuà = ku + a4

to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

挎 = 扌 + 夸 : Karl Koala (ku) finds a quark (夸) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), promptly picks it up with a toy claw (扌) and carries it out with the toy claw slung over his shoulder (挎).

裤

袴

kù = ku + Ø4

variant of 褲|裤[ku4]

裤 = 库 + 衤 : Karl Koala (ku) ordered the emperor's new clothes on the internet and put them on this morning in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He steps out of his garage (库) wearing nothing but underpants (裤) and an royal ermine coat (衤).

瓠

hù = hu + Ø4

gourd

匏

páo = p + ao2

bottle gourd / Lagenaria vulgaris

胯

kuà = ku + a4

crotch / groin / hip

侉

kuǎ = ku + a3

foreign accent