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, exaggerateSee 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




 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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