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衒 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「行」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「行」
On
ゲン・ケンげん・けん · gen · ken
Kun
てら.うtera.u
Meaning
to show off

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Road 行 with 玄 as phonetic: hawking wares along the road, hence to show off.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 衒学げんがく

    pedantry

  • 奇を衒うきをてらう

    to strain after novelty

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

奇(き)を衒(てら)った表現(ひょうげん)を避(さ)ける。

They avoid expressions that strain after novelty.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

奇を衒う衒学衒奇strang…学study衍to ove…衙a gove…衢a cros…行to go術art丱child'…阮a plac…芫a medi…呟to mut…姸beauti…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 行Map of reading ゲンAll maps

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