夸父逐日

夸父逐日 in English

kuā fù zhuī rì: (idiom) Describes someone with great ambitions, but also someone who overestimates their abilities.

Character breakdown

夸誇 kuā to boast
父 fù father
逐 zhú (bound form) to pursue
日 rì sun

Stroke order

Le caractère 父 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 父

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 逐 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 逐

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 日 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 日

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

夸

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西漢
See all 8 forms

父

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 16 forms

逐

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 14 forms

日

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 19 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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