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衒 Kanji meaning "show off, display, pretend"

Jiten frequency #3083Kanken Level 1TMW Immortal Idol11 strokes

Meanings

show off, display, pretend

On'yomi

ゲンケン

Kun'yomi

てら.う

Composed of

行goingradical
玄mysterious

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

衒(げん)学(がく)的(てき)pedantic#128330衒(げん)気(き)affectation#169520衒(げん)学(がく)pedantry#185643衒(げん)学(がく)趣(しゅ)味(み)pedantry#191780衒(げん)学(がく)者(しゃ)pedant#295468衒(げん)耀(よう)false glitter#468561衒(げん)妻(さい)wife#468561

Most common words using this kanji

衒(てら)いaffectation#63851女衒(ぜげん)someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution#64795奇(き)を衒(てら)うto make a display of one's originality (eccentricity)#89164衒(てら)うto show off#126793衒(げん)学(がく)的(てき)pedantic#128330衒(げん)気(き)affectation#169520衒(げん)学(がく)pedantry#185643衒(げん)学(がく)趣(しゅ)味(み)pedantry#191780衒(げん)学(がく)者(しゃ)pedant#295468衒(ひけ)らかすto show off#384768衒(げん)耀(よう)false glitter#468561衒(げん)妻(さい)wife#468561
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