Kanji
衒
kanji character
show off
display
pretend
衒 kanji-衒 show off, display, pretend
衒
Meaning
show off display and pretend
Readings
Kun'yomi
- てらう
On'yomi
- げん がく pedantry
- げん き affectation
- げん よう false glitter
- けん
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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衒 うto show off, to parade, to pretend -
衒 いaffectation, pretension -
衒 学 pedantry, display of one's learning -
衒 気 affectation, ostentation, vanity -
衒 耀 false glitter -
衒 妻 wife, woman, prostitute... -
女 衒 someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution, pimp, procurer -
衒 学 者 pedant, bookworm -
衒 学 的 pedantic -
衒 学 趣 味 pedantry, display of one's learning, being of a pedantic disposition -
奇 を衒 うto make a display of one's originality (eccentricity), to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)