TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
誇
ㄎㄨㄚ · kuā
verb — to boast, exaggerate; to praise
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Speech (言) with 夸 kuā for the sound — 夸 is 大 over 亏, a figure puffed out with escaping breath, swollen large. Words blown up bigger than the truth: 誇大、誇張. Praise pushed high: 誇獎.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一張嘴（言）越說越大，整個人（夸）鼓脹起來——誇.
The mouth (言) talks bigger and bigger, the whole figure (夸) swelling up — boasting.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)誇獎、誇讚— to praise常用
→誇大、誇張— to exaggerate, overstate常用
⇒誇耀、誇口— to show off, brag常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension