JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 偽: "falsehood, lie, deceive"
The kanji 偽 means "falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ギ, カ in on'yomi and いつわ.る, にせ, いつわ.り in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギカ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いつわ.るにせいつわ.り
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1171 of 2,501 |
Common words with 偽
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 偽物spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation
- 偽imitation; fake; phony; counterfeit · pseudo-
- 偽りlie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
- 偽るto lie; to pretend; to feign; to falsify · to deceive; to trick
- 偽装camouflage; disguise · pretense; feigning; masquerade
- 偽者impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
- 偽名false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
- 真偽truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
- 偽造forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
- 虚偽falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation · fallacy
- 偽善hypocrisy
- 嘘偽りlie; fib; falsehood; untruth
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