衒

衒	U+8852, 衒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8852

← 衑
[U+8851]

CJK Unified Ideographs

術 →
[U+8853]

Translingual

Han character

衒 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜戈弓 (HOYIN), four-corner 2173₂, composition ⿴行玄 or ⿲彳玄亍)

brag
show off, promote oneself

Derived characters

𥲋

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34045
Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 8
Unihan data for U+8852

Chinese

simp. and trad.		衒
alternative forms		炫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
弦	*ɡeːn
絃	ɡeːn, qʰʷeːn
舷	*ɡeːn
痃	*ɡeːn
胘	ɡeːn, ɡʷeːn
蚿	*ɡeːn
伭	*ɡeːn
婱	*ɡeːn
玄	*ɡʷeːn
眩	ɡʷeːn, ɡʷeːn
玹	ɡʷeːn, ɡʷeːn
玆	*ɡʷeːn
詃	*kʷeːn
泫	*ɡʷeːn
鉉	*ɡʷeːn
炫	*ɡʷeːn
袨	*ɡʷeːn
衒	*ɡʷeːn
惤	*ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːn): semantic 行 + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng⁵ / hyoeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
  - Yale: sywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁶
  - Yale: yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hē̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: hwenH

Rime
Character	衒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	黃練切
Baxter	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuen^H/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwen^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衒
Reading #	1/1
No.	14040
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

衒

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Compounds

拋聲衒俏 / 抛声衒俏
自衒
衒俏
衒士
衒女
衒材揚己 / 衒材扬己
衒玉賈石 / 衒玉贾石
衒異 / 衒异
衒耀
衒色
衒賣 / 衒卖

References

“衒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “衒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Kanji

衒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: げん (gen)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: うる (uru, 衒る)、てらう (terau, 衒う)、ひけらかす (hikerakasu, 衒らかす)

Korean

Hanja

衒 (eum 현 (hyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

衒: Hán Nôm readings: huyễn

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References

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