Origin

The left side, 言, is the radical for words and speech, which fits the meaning of boasting or bragging. The right side, 夸, serves as a sound hint telling you roughly how to pronounce the character. Together, these components build a character that represents proudly speaking about oneself or one's accomplishments — the idea of boasting through words.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).