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誇 ほこ.る 誇り(ほこり): pride; boast誇る(ほこる): to boast of; to be proud of誇張(こちょう): exaggeration S 言: say夸: boast 言 7 (none) boast A dog owner boasts about how obedient, not how smart, his Saint Bernard dog is. "Why, my dog will even walk right into a trap if I tell him to. Watch!" With a single word, "go!", his dog obediently runs into a snare trap hanging from the ceiling. In a flash, the dog is netted tightly and swinging from the ceiling. Don´t forget the ceiling!

Accepted Answer

コ boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly 1 1272 13 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic The hunter´s boast: I say, it was a "big one", but the snare broke and it got away. (credit to many others before). 1244

Kanji	誇
Onyomi	コ
Kunyomi	ほこ.る
English	boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly
Examples	誇り(ほこり): pride; boast 誇る(ほこる): to boast of; to be proud of 誇張(こちょう): exaggeration
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1272
Components	言: say 夸: boast
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	boast
Koohii Story 1	The hunter´s boast: I say, it was a "big one", but the snare broke and it got away. (credit to many others before).
Koohii Story 2	A dog owner boasts about how obedient, not how smart, his Saint Bernard dog is. "Why, my dog will even walk right into a trap if I tell him to. Watch!" With a single word, "go!", his dog obediently runs into a snare trap hanging from the ceiling. In a flash, the dog is netted tightly and swinging from the ceiling. Don´t forget the ceiling!
RTK Index	1244

Dog Boast I Snare Trap Ceiling 誇 コ

Dog Boast I Snare Trap Ceiling 誇コ