# 衒

| 衒 | U+8852, &#34898; 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 2173$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^6$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng$^5$ / hyeng$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$
*** Yale: sywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^6$
*** Yale: yuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiwen$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^6$ |
* 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)‎, 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

(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

* Nom Foundation