falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend
Also: counterfeit, forgery
On'yomi (音読み)
- ギ
- カ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- いつわ.る
- にせ
- いつわ.り
About this kanji
The kanji 「偽」means deception or falsehood, and it is often used to express concepts related to lying or pretending. This kanji typically appears in nouns and some verbs. For example, the word 偽造 (ぎぞう) means forgery, which refers to making fake documents, while 虚偽 (きょぎ) translates to falsehood, indicating a lack of truth. Another example is 偽物 (にせもの), meaning a counterfeit item. A useful note when learning this kanji is that it emphasizes dishonesty or imitation, which can come up in everyday situations, such as discussing fake products or misleading statements.
Example sentences
彼は偽の証明書を使った。
He used a false certificate.
Meanings across languages
- English
- falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery
- Tiếng Việt
- giả dối
- 日本語
- 偽り
- 한국어
- 거짓
- 中文
- 伪
- id
- kebohongan
- th
- ความเท็จ
- es
- falsedad
- fr
- fausse vérité
- de
- Falschheit
- pt
- falsidade
Common compounds
- 偽造ぎぞうforgery, counterfeiting, fabrication
- 虚偽きょぎfalsehood, untruth, lie
- 偽証ぎしょうfalse evidence, perjury, false testimony
- 真偽しんぎtruth or falsehood, genuineness, authenticity
- 偽物にせものspurious article, forgery, counterfeit
- 偽装ぎそうcamouflage, disguise, pretense
- 偽りいつわりlie, falsehood, fiction
- 偽善ぎぜんhypocrisy
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