衒 — hyeon

Parts that make up 衒

How 衒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 衒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 行, 玄.

Korean example words with 衒

• 현기衒氣 Korean gloss: 뽐내는 마음.
• 현학衒學 Korean gloss: 학식이 있음을 자랑하여 뽐냄.
• 현언衒言 Korean gloss: 자만(自慢)하는 말. 또는 뽐내는 말.
• 현학적衒學的 Korean gloss: 학식이 있음을 자랑하는. 또는 그런 것
• 현능하다衒能 Korean gloss: 자기의 재능을 드러내어서 자랑하다.
• 현요하다衒耀 Korean gloss: 명예를 얻기 위하여 거짓으로 뽐내며 자랑하다.
• 현학자衒學者 Korean gloss: 학식이 있음을 자랑하여 뽐내는 사람.
• 현학문학衒學文學 Korean gloss: 작품의 예술적 개성이나 창조성보다 학식과 지식을 뽐내기 위하여 만든 작품. 또는 그런 문학.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 衒

• 衒うてらう to show off; to parade; to pretend
• 衒学げんがく pedantry; display of one's learning
• 衒気げんき affectation; ostentation; vanity
• 衒耀げんよう false glitter
• 女衒ぜげん someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution; pimp; procurer
• 衒いてらい affectation; pretension
• 衒学者げんがくしゃ pedant; bookworm
• 衒学的げんがくてき pedantic
• 衒らかすひけらかす to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
• 衒学趣味げんがくしゅみ pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition

Characters sharing the phonetic 玄

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “현” in Korean.

Other hanja read “현”

Other hanja with radical 行