姱

姱 · kuā

beautiful, handsome, elegant

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kuā
Cantonese
kwaa1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

beautiful, handsome, elegant

Dictionary definitions & readings

姱 kuā · fascinating; pretty

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21043.080:kuā,hù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0656.010:kuā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
200.060:kuā Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kuā粵kwaa1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カ ケ コ ゴ ク Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
苦瓜 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VKMS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4442.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0260.290 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
166.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0043c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+59F1
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6912

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khwae · 苦瓜 · 假合二平麻溪 · #776

PHONO-ML, source line 6235; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
384.401
kDaeJaweon
0527.050
kGSR
0043c
kHanYu
21043.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
0527.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21043.080
kIRGKangXi
0260.290
kKangXi
0260.290
kKarlgren
438
kMatthews
3528
kMeyerWempe
1352a
kMorohashi
06235
kSBGY
166.18
kSMSZD2003Index
156.01
kCangjie
VKMS
kFourCornerCode
4442.7
kMojiJoho
MJ009676
kPhonetic
701
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3C49
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CE66
kIRG_JSource
J1-3948
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3D24
kIRG_KSource
K2-2C38
kIRG_TSource
T2-2967
kRSUnicode
38.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CE66
kCCCII
217A50
kCNS1986
2-2967
kCNS1992
2-2967
kEACC
217A50
kGB3
2841
kJis1
2540
kTGH
2013:6912
kTaiwanTelegraph
1221
kXerox
302:271
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19311+38.3.6
kCantonese
kwaa1
kDefinition
beautiful, handsome, elegant
kFanqie
苦瓜
kHanyuPinyin
21043.080:kuā,hù
kJapanese
カ ケ コ ゴ ク
kJapaneseKun
OGORUSAMA MIMEYOI UTSUKUSHII
kJapaneseOn
KA KE KO GO KU
kMandarin
kuā
kSMSZD2003Readings
kuā粵kwaa1
kTGHZ2013
200.060:kuā
kXHC1983
0656.010:kuā

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 姱0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 夸 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰女夸$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女夸$(GHTJK)

^⿰女⿱大亐$(P)

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