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: 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, Jyutping): kwaa¹, kwaa³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): ka¹
Min Dong (BUC): kuá
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khòa / khoa
(Teochew, Peng'im): kua³ / kua¹

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): /kʰwä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kuá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuɑ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /kʰˠua/, /kʰˠua^X/, /kʰuo^H/, /kʰˠua^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠua/	/kʰˠua^X/	/kʰuo^H/	/kʰˠua^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚa/	/kʰʷᵚa^X/	/kʰuo^H/	/kʰʷᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰua/	/kʰua^X/	/kʰo^H/	/kʰua^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwaɨ/	/kʰwaɨ^X/	/kʰɔ^H/	/kʰwaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/kʰua/	/kʰua^X/	/kʰo^H/	/kʰua^H/
Wang Li	/kʰwa/	/kʰwa^X/	/kʰu^H/	/kʰwa^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwa/	/kʰwa^X/	/kʰuo^H/	/kʰwa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuā	kuǎ	kù	kuà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwaa¹	kwaa²	fu³	kwaa³

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

to step across; to stride
(transitive) to cross over (a wall, river, etc.)
to overstep; to exceed; to surpass
to straddle; to bestride; to ride
to occupy; to hold
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)
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
Alternative form of 胯 (kuà, “crotch; groin”).

Synonyms

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

Compounds

跨刀
跨州越郡
跨年 (kuànián)
跨度 (kuàdù)
跨步 (kuàbù)
跨海 (kuàhǎi)
跨灶
跨界 (kuàjiè)
跨省 (kuàshěng)
跨胳膊
跨行

跨越 (kuàyuè)
跨鞍子
跨鼓
跨鼓舞
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
跨欄／跨栏 (kuàlán)
跨欄運動／跨栏运动
跨院兒／跨院儿
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
連三跨五／连三跨五
騰雲跨風／腾云跨风

Japanese

Kanji

跨

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

be
sit or stand astride
extend over
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 • (gwa) (hangeul 과, revised gwa, McCune–Reischauer kwa, Yale kwa)

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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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