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Kanji Detail for 偽 - "false, counterfeit, to pretend"

偽

  • Meaning

    偽 means "false, counterfeit, to pretend."

    1. False - Not genuine; fake.

    2. Counterfeit - Made to deceive.

    3. Pretend - To act as if something is true.

  • Words using 偽

    • 偽造 ぎぞう Listen forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication
    • 虚偽 きょぎ Listen falsehood; untruth; lie
    • 偽証 ぎしょう Listen false evidence; perjury; false testimony
    • 真偽 しんぎ Listen truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity
    • 偽物 にせもの Listen spurious article; forgery; counterfeit

  • Four-character idioms with 偽

    • 偽装工作 ぎそうこうさく Listen diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage

  • Tattoo check: 偽

    • Verified meaning: false, counterfeit, to pretend
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    falsehood; lie; deceive; pretend; counterfeit; forgery

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    false, counterfeit, bogus

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    false, counterfeit, bogus

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    False; fake. Doing something that is not genuine. Such as a person being deceitful is called 作偽. | Calling usurpers 偽. Such as 偽朝 (false dynasty). Historians who don't recognize it as legitimate.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gi(ギ) ギ

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    itsuwa.ri(いつわ-り) いつわ-り

    itsuwa.ru(いつわ-る) いつわ-る

    nise(にせ) にせ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    false counterfeit to pretend artificial fraud to deceive fake bogus deceit deceptive ersatz fabricated feigned forgery imitation insincere mock phony pseudo sham simulated spurious

Sentences including 偽

  • He is sincere about what he says.

  • That's a copy.

  • He went as far as to call you a hypocrite.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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