跨 · Mi Fu
跨 (kuà) is a phono-semantic graph: 足 (foot) beside 夸 (to span wide). The Shuowen Jiezi (《说文解字》 足部) glosses it ‘跨，渡也’ — to ford, to get across; Duan Yucai’s note adds ‘谓大其两股间，以有所越也’, widen the stride so that something is crossed. The Zuo Zhu $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart