Results, 奇を衒う

奇を衒う【きをてらうkiwoterau】奇をてらう Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

Kanji definition:

奇
常用中学校JLPTN1

キKI・くしきku.shiki・あやしいaya.shii・くしkushi・めずらしいmezura.shii

strange; strangeness; curiosity

➜
竒
Strokes:
8
Radical:
大 big
SKIP:
3-5-3
UTF:
5947
JIS208:
20-81
Hangul:
기 [gi]
Pinyin:
qí / jī
Stroke order:
Example words:
奇妙【きみょうkimyou】
strange; queer; curious
奇跡【きせきkiseki】
miracle; wonder; marvel
好奇心【こうきしんkoukishin】
curiosity; inquisitiveness
怪奇【かいきkaiki】
bizarre; strange; weird; mysterious; / grotesque
奇数【きすうkisuu】
odd number
衒

ゲンGEN・ケンKEN・てらうtera.u

show off; display; pretend

Strokes:
11
Radical:
行 go, do, walk
SKIP:
1-3-8
UTF:
8852
JIS208:
74-42
Hangul:
현 [hyeon]
Pinyin:
xuàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
衒学的【げんがくてきgengakuteki】
pedantic
衒う【てらうterau】
to show off; to parade; to pretend
衒気【げんきgenki】
affectation; ostentation; vanity
衒耀【げんようgen'you】
false glitter
衒学者【げんがくしゃgengakusha】
pedant; bookworm

Kanji

奇

キKI・くしきku.shiki・あやしいaya.shii・くしkushi・めずらしいmezura.shii

strange; strangeness; curiosity

衒

ゲンGEN・ケンKEN・てらうtera.u

show off; display; pretend


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