衒

衒 · xuàn

brag; show off, promote oneself

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xuàn
Cantonese
jyun6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

brag; show off, promote oneself

Dictionary definitions & readings

衒 xuàn · variant of 炫 xuàn; (literary) to boast; to show off

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
20831.080:xuàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1308.021:xuàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
415.210:xuàn Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲン ケン てらう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
현:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
黃練 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HOYIN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2173.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1109.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
407.05 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0366j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8852
Radical
行 · 144
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7202

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
hwenH · 黃練 · 山合四去先匣 · #2695

PHONO-ML, source line 14929; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1206.401
kDaeJaweon
1573.120
kFennIndex
193.10
kGSR
0366j
kHanYu
20831.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1573.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20831.080
kIRGKangXi
1109.110
kKangXi
1109.110
kKarlgren
169
kMatthews
2885
kMeyerWempe
3669e
kMorohashi
34045
kNelson
1620
kSBGY
407.05
kSMSZD2003Index
214.08 625.06
kCangjie
HOYIN
kFenn
877K
kFourCornerCode
2173.2
kMojiJoho
MJ023869
kPhonetic
1623
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AJKP
kIRG_GSource
G3-3A23
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D7B1
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A4A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F3CA
kIRG_KSource
K0-7A65
kIRG_TSource
T2-3934
kRSUnicode
144.5
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D7B1
kCCCII
232D56
kCNS1986
2-3934
kCNS1992
2-3934
kEACC
232D56
kGB3
2603
kGB8
9104
kJis0
7442
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5891
kTGH
2013:7202
kTaiwanTelegraph
5891
kXerox
300:327
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6575+95.5.6 C+6575+144.6.5
kCantonese
jyun6
kDefinition
brag; show off, promote oneself
kFanqie
黃練
kHangul
현:0N
kHanyuPinyin
20831.080:xuàn
kJapanese
ゲン ケン てらう
kJapaneseKun
TERAU
kJapaneseOn
KEN GEN
kKorean
HYEN
kMandarin
xuàn
kTGHZ2013
415.210:xuàn
kXHC1983
1308.021:xuàn
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+70AB

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 衒0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿲ Three columns

Shape description
彳 beside 玄 beside 亍 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿲彳玄亍$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿲彳玄亍$(GHTJKP)

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