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Mythic Mandarin

夸张 (kuā zhāng): meaning and stroke order

夸张 (kuā zhāng) means to exaggerate, overstated; exaggerated, hyperbole.

夸张

Simplified
夸张
Traditional
誇張
Pinyin
kuā zhāng

Stroke order of 夸张

夸

  • kuā used in transliteration
  • kuā to boast; to exaggerate; to praise
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 誇

Stroke by stroke

张

  • Zhāng surname Zhang
  • zhāng to open up; to spread
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 張

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 夸张

  1. kuā zhāng Traditional 誇張
    • to exaggerate
    • overstated; exaggerated
    • hyperbole
    • (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous

Radicals of the characters

夸
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 6 strokes · 大 on top, 亏 below
张
Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 7 strokes · 弓 on the left, 长 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).