Japanese symbol for “pedantic”
衒学的
げんがくてき
Romaji: gengakuteki
pedantic
In Japanese, pedantic is 衒学的, read げんがくてき (gengakuteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na pedantic
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pedantic”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ペダンティック | ペダンティック pedantikku | pedantic |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女衒 | ぜげん zegen | someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution; pimp; procurer |
| 衒学 | げんがく gengaku | pedantry; display of one's learning |
| 衒い | てらい terai | affectation; pretension |
| 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 |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pedantic”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.