垮

kuǎ = ku + a3

to collapse / to break or wear down / to defeat

垮

kuǎ = ku + a3

to collapse (lit. or fig.)

垮 character breakdown

垮
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 夸
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 亏
    - 一
    - 丂
      - 一
      - ㇉
    - 二
      - 一
    - ㇉

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

夸

kua̅ = ku + a1

see 夸克[kua1 ke4]

夸 = 亏 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: a quark.

Karl Koala (ku) caught a lucky leprechaun (亏) for his friend the robot (大) and is allowed to have a wish in front of the ashram (a1). He wishes for enough quarks (夸) to build a quantum computer brain for the robot, which the leprechaun fulfills. As soon as it is done the robot starts to solve complicated mathematical problems, and Karl praises (夸) it.

夸

誇

kua̅ = ku + a1

to boast / to exaggerate / to praise