Moto 偽: Falsehood; Lie; DeceiveKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ギ、カ
- Kun'yomi
- いつわ(る)、にせ、いつわ(り)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 105 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ギ・カ)
- 偽造ぎぞうforgery; falsification
- 虚偽きょぎfalsehood; untruth
- 偽装ぎそうcamouflage; disguise
- 偽証ぎしょうfalse evidence; perjury
- 真偽しんぎtruth or falsehood; genuineness
- 偽名ぎめいfalse name; alias
- 偽善ぎぜんhypocrisy
- 偽乳ぎにゅうartificial breasts; fake breasts
- 偽似症ぎじしょうsuspected case (disease)
- 偽作ぎさくapocryphal work; forgery
- 偽兵ぎへいdummy supporters (e.g. for sports team)
- 偽典ぎてんpseudepigrapha
- 偽印ぎいんforged seal
- 偽史ぎしfalsified history
- 偽君子ぎくんしhypocrite; snob
- 偽善売教ぎぜんばいきょうpriestcraft (Book of Mormon)
- 偽善者ぎぜんしゃhypocrite; dissembler
- 偽報ぎほうfalse report
- 偽妊娠ぎにんしんfalse pregnancy; phantom pregnancy
- 偽学ぎがくfalse science; science out of line with the world of thought
- 偽性ぎせいpseudo; fake
- 偽性アルドステロン症ぎせいアルドステロンしょうpseudohyperaldosteronism; pseudoaldosteronism
- 偽悪ぎあくpretense of evil; pretence of evil
- 偽悪趣味ぎあくしゅみpropensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
- 偽書ぎしょspurious letter; apocryphal book
- 偽本ぎほんspurious book; forgery
- 偽果ぎかfalse fruit; pseudocarp
- 偽版ぎはんpirated edition
- 偽球茎ぎきゅうけいpseudobulb
- 偽称ぎしょうassuming a false name
- 偽筆ぎひつforged handwriting; plagiarism
- 偽経ぎきょうapocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
- 偽膜ぎまくfalse membrane
- 偽花ぎかpseudanthium; flower head
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 偽にせimitation; fake
- 偽物にせものspurious article; forgery
- 偽りいつわりlie; falsehood
- 偽るいつわるto lie; to cheat
- コンゴ偽面梟コンゴにせめんふくろうTanzanian bay owl (Phodilus prigoginei); Congo bay owl
- 偽り者いつわりものimpostor; liar
- 偽り言いつわりごとlie; fabrication
- 偽り誓ういつわりちかうto swear falsely
- 偽り語るいつわりかたるto speak falsely
- 偽アカにせアカfake account (e.g. on social media)
- 偽アカウントにせアカウントfake account (e.g. on social media)
- 偽ニュースにせニュースfake news
- 偽パイにせパイartificial breasts; fake breasts
- 偽ブランド品にせブランドひんcounterfeit (branded) product; fake brand-name goods
- 偽中国語にせちゅうごくごpseudo-Chinese; Japanese written without kana for intelligibility in Chinese
- 偽医者にせいしゃquack; quack doctor
- 偽商品にせしょうひんfake merchandise
- 偽情報にせじょうほうdisinformation; false information
- 偽札にせさつcounterfeit paper money
- 偽松茸にせまつたけTricholoma fulvocastaneum (species of gilled mushroom)
- 偽者にせものimpostor; imposter
Other readings
- ウソ偽りうそいつわりgreat lie; falsehood
- 偽十字ニセじゅうじFalse Cross (asterism)
- 偽小切手ぎこぎってcounterfeit check (cheque); bad paper
- 偽瓢虫てんとうむしだましhandsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae)
- 偽科学ニセかがくpseudoscience
Showing the 60 most common of 105 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 偽
Every word here opens into its own kanji. Follow the branches in Moto.
Explore 偽 →