Memory phrase for the character: 跨

跨

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Meaning to step across, to stride over, to straddle, to span

Pronunciation

kuà

Explanation

Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.)

Mnemonic

Your foot is boasting, when stepping over a barrier.

Radicals

足	foot
夸	to boast, exaggerate	See 丂 as part of jaw 咢 with teeth 口, tongue 一, and lowe jaw 丂), such that a big jaw can boast.
咢	jaw, palate

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Vocabulary

跨栏	kuà lán	hurdles; hurdle race (athletics)
跨度	kuà dù	span; horizontal distance between vertical supports
跨过	kuà guò	to surmount; to cross over
跨过	kuà guò

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