跨 kuà to straddle
to straddle; to ride; to step across; to span
怎么记住“跨”: 𧾷 foot + 夸 extravagant = to straddle. The extravagant show-off at the picnic sets one foot on each bank of the stream, trying to straddle it like a horse.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
跨 = 𧾷 foot + 夸 extravagant
- 𧾷 foot meaning
- 夸 extravagant sound
The extravagant show-off at the picnic sets one foot on each bank of the stream, trying to straddle it like a horse.
How it came to be
The foot gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- To step over / straddle / span: 跨过 (kuàguò) to step across, 跨越 (kuàyuè) to leap over/transcend (跨越障碍 to overcome obstacles), 跨度 (kuàdù) span.
- 跨 productively forms 'cross-/trans-' compounds: 跨国 (kuàguó) multinational, 跨界 (kuàjiè) crossover, 跨年 (kuànián) to see in the new year, 跨专业 across disciplines.