The kanji 偽: meaning, readings and stroke order
偽
- Meaning
- fake, lie
- On reading
- ギ gi
- Kun reading
- いつわ(る) itsuwaru、にせ nise
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 僞
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- giả, dối trá (ngụy)
- Japanese
- にせもの。うそを つく。
- Korean
- 가짜, 거짓 (위)
- Chinese
- 假、虚假 (伪)
Readings, words and example sentences
ギ gi · on reading · less common
偽装
disguise, camouflage
虫が 葉に 偽装します。
The insect disguises itself as a leaf.
いつわ(る) itsuwaru · kun reading · less common
偽る
to lie about, to fake
気持ちを 偽りません。
I don't hide how I really feel.
にせ nise · kun reading
偽物
fake, counterfeit
偽物に 気を つけます。
We watch out for fakes.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.