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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly

Kunyomi: ほこ.る

Onyomi: コ

Composition: 言 夸

誇

Radical

Radical: 言

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Reading: ごんべん

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Examples

Examples with audio

誇大妄想(こだいもうそう)   megalomania

誇張する(こちょうする)   exaggerate

誇示する(こじする)   display, show off

誇る(ほこる)   boast of, be proud of

誇り(ほこり)   pride

誇らしい(ほこらしい)   proud

Onyomi Examples

誇張 (コチョウ) exaggeration

誇大 (コダイ) exaggeration, hyperbole

Kunyomi Examples

誇る (ほこる) to boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in

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