偽 – falsehood, lie, deceive

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1171 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 偽 means falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ、カ (gi, ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いつわ.る、にせ、いつわ.り (itsuwaru, nise, itsuwari). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・丶・杰・ユ・ノ・并・勹.

Words using 偽

偽造ぎぞうforgery

Example sentences

その文書は本物でも偽造されたものでもない。

The document is neither genuine nor forged.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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