Kanji details for

 
Uses 11 strokes


Search words that:
- start with 衒
- end with 衒
- contain 衒
show off, display, pretend
KUN:
  • てら.う
    tera.u
ON:
  • ゲン
    gen
  • ケン
    ken
Written with 11 strokes

Radicals:
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 learning

noun
pedantry, display of one's learning, being of a pedantic disposition(yojijukugo)

noun
affectation, ostentation, vanity

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, auxillary suru verb
false glitter

noun
someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution, pimp, procurer(archaism)

noun
affectation, pretension
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