Kanji details for 衒
衒
show off, display, pretend
KUN:
- てら.うtera.u
ON:
- ゲンgen
- ケンken
Example words(showing 1-10 of 11 results)
expression, Godan-u verb
•
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity), to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
Other readings:
奇をてらう【きをてらう】
noun
•
pedantry, display of one's learning, being of a pedantic disposition(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
wife, woman(derogatory, obscure)
2.
prostitute, streetwalker(obscure)
All readings:
幻妻【げんさい】
、衒妻【げんさい】
noun
•
someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution, pimp, procurer(archaism)