奇を衒う (きをてらう) — to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity), to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention) | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity) and to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity), to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

きをてらう

奇

strange, strangeness, curiosity

く.しき, あや.しい, キ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

可

can, passable, approval

-べ.き, -べ.し, カ

丁

street, ward, town...

ひのと, チョウ, テイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

亅

feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)

口

くち, コウ, ク

衒

show off, display, pretend

てら.う, ゲン, ケン

行

going, journey, carry out...

い.く, ゆ.く, コウ

彳

stop, linger, loiter...

たたず.む, テキ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

亍

to take small steps, Korean place name

たたず.む, チョク

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

丁

street, ward, town...

ひのと, チョウ, テイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

亅

feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)

玄

mysterious, occultness, black...

くろ, くろ.い, ゲン

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

幺

short thread radical (no. 52)

ちいさい, ヨウ

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