Word Meaning 衒学

げんがく gengaku

衒学 is read as げんがく (gengaku) and means pedantry.

Meaning

English

  1. pedantry
  2. display of one's learning

Reading

Kana

げんがく

Romaji

gengaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 143370 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

衒学的

げんがくてき

pedantic

衒学者

げんがくしゃ

pedant

衒学趣味

げんがくしゅみ

pedantry

化学

かがく

chemistry

法学

ほうがく

law

進学

しんがく

advancing to the next stage of education

科学

かがく

science

数学

すうがく

mathematics

文学

ぶんがく

literature

哲学

てつがく

philosophy

在学

ざいがく

attending (school, college, etc.)

大学

だいがく

former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)