衒 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「行」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「行」
- On
- ゲン・ケン
- Kun
- てら.う
- Meaning
- to show off
Origin
Road 行 with 玄 as phonetic: hawking wares along the road, hence to show off.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 衒学げんがく
pedantry
- 奇を衒うきをてらう
to strain after novelty
Example
奇を衒った表現を避ける。
They avoid expressions that strain after novelty.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)