跨

跨 U+8DE8, 跨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DE8 ← 跧 [U+8DE7] CJK Unified Ideographs 跩 → [U+8DE9]

Translingual

Han character

跨 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一大一尸 (RMKMS), four-corner 6412₇, composition ⿰𧾷夸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1225, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37504
• Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3700, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8DE8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		跨
alternative forms		𡕒 ‡ 㐄 ‡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs) : semantic 足 + phonetic 夸 (OC *kʰʷraː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuà (kua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kwaa¹ / kwaa³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ka¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khua
• Eastern Min (BUC): kuá
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòa / khoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kua³ / kua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuà
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua⁴
    • Yale: kwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuah
    • Palladius: куа (kua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwaa¹ / kwaa³
    • Yale: kwā / kwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaa¹ / kwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kua¹ / kua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaː⁵⁵/, /kʷʰaː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ka¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khua
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuɑ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòa
    • Tâi-lô: khuà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoax
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa
    • Tâi-lô: khua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰua³³/

Note:

• khòa - literary;
• khoa - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kua³ / kua¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuà / khua
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰua²¹³/, /kʰua³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwae, khwaeX, khuH, khwaeH

Rime
Character	跨	跨	跨	跨
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	麻 (99)	模 (23)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II	I	II
Fanqie	苦瓜切	苦瓦切	苦故切	苦化切
Baxter	khwae	khwaeX	khuH	khwaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠua/	/kʰˠuaX/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰˠuaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚa/	/kʰʷᵚaX/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰʷᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰua/	/kʰuaX/	/kʰoH/	/kʰuaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨ/	/kʰwaɨX/	/kʰɔH/	/kʰwaɨH/
Li Rong	/kʰua/	/kʰuaX/	/kʰoH/	/kʰuaH/
Wang Li	/kʰwa/	/kʰwaX/	/kʰuH/	/kʰwaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwa/	/kʰwaX/	/kʰuoH/	/kʰwaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā	kuǎ	kù	kuà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faa1	faa2	fu3	faa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷraː/, /*kʰʷraːʔ/, /*kʰʷraːs/, /*kʰʷaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跨	跨	跨	跨
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	15651	15654	15658	15670
Phonetic component	于	于	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	誇	髁	跨	絝
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷraː/	/*kʰʷraːʔ/	/*kʰʷraːs/	/*kʰʷaːs/

Definitions

跨

1. to step across; to stride
2. (transitive) to cross over (a wall, river, etc.)
3. to overstep; to exceed; to surpass
4. to straddle; to bestride; to ride
5. to occupy; to hold
6. transgender; trans

   See also: 跨性別

   排跨基女  ―  páikuàjīnǚ  ―  TERF; trans-exclusionary radical feminist

   含跨  ―  hánkuà  ―  trans-inclusionary

   Antonym: 順／顺 (shùn)

7. to transition to (gender)

   男跨女的跨性別人士 [MSC, trad.]
   男跨女的跨性别人士 [MSC, simp.]

   nán kuà nǚ de kuàxìngbié rénshì [Pinyin]

   MtF transgender person

8. Alternative form of 胯 (kuà, “crotch; groin”)

Synonyms

• (Sichuanese) 𡘧 (qia2, ka2)
• (Cantonese) 𨈇／𬦾 (laam3, naam3)

Compounds

• 乘鸞跨鳳／乘鸾跨凤
• 弔腰撒跨／吊腰撒跨
• 橫跨／横跨 (héngkuà)
• 跨世紀／跨世纪
• 跨刀
• 跨國／跨国 (kuàguó)
• 跨國企業／跨国企业
• 跨國公司／跨国公司 (kuàguó gōngsī)
• 跨子車／跨子车
• 跨州越郡
• 跨年 (kuànián)
• 跨度 (kuàdù)
• 跨欄／跨栏 (kuàlán)
• 跨欄運動／跨栏运动
• 跨步 (kuàbù)
• 跨海 (kuàhǎi)
• 跨灶
• 跨界 (kuàjiè)
• 跨省 (kuàshěng)
• 跨胳膊
• 跨行
• 跨越 (kuàyuè)
• 跨院兒／跨院儿
• 跨鞍子
• 跨頁／跨页
• 跨鳳乘鸞／跨凤乘鸾
• 跨鳳乘龍／跨凤乘龙
• 跨鶴／跨鹤
• 跨黨／跨党
• 跨鼓
• 跨鼓舞
• 連三跨五／连三跨五
• 騰雲跨風／腾云跨风

 

Japanese

Kanji

跨

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. be
2. sit or stand astride
3. extend over
4. straddle

Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko)、か (ka)
• Kun: またぐ (matagu, 跨ぐ)、またがる (matagaru, 跨がる)、また (mata, 跨)

Korean

Hanja

跨 (eum 과 (gwa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

跨: Hán Nôm readings: khóa/khoá, khuế, khuếu, khuều, khoào, khọa/khoạ, khòa/khoà, khoão, khuễu, khuệu, khùa/khuờ, khụa, khúa, khũa, khuẫu, khoách, khoạc

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