偽
偽 — Falsehood
falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery
On’yomiギ (gi)
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiいつわる (itsuwaru)
Kun’yomiにせ (nise)
Kun’yomiいつわり (itsuwari)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 偽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偽造 | ぎぞう gizou | forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication |
| 虚偽 | きょぎ kyogi | falsehood; untruth; lie |
| 偽 | にせ nise | imitation; fake; phony |
| 偽証 | ぎしょう gishou | false evidence; perjury; false testimony |
| 真偽 | しんぎ shingi | truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity |
| 偽物 | にせもの nisemono | spurious article; forgery; counterfeit |
Study notes
偽 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1171 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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