嘘 – lie, falsehood

14 strokes#2235 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 嘘 means lie, falsehood. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ、コ (kyo, ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うそ、ふ.く (uso, fuku). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	うそ	uso
Kun’yomi	ふ.く	fuku

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・卜・匕・厂・虍.

Words using 嘘

嘘うそlie嘘つきうそつきliar

Example sentences

彼が言ったことが嘘であることが解った。

What he said turned out to be false.

Tatoeba #120410

えっ嘘でしょ。

Oh my God, I can't believe this.

Tatoeba #227962

もし嘘なら、彼女はうそつきだ。

If that's false, she's a liar.

Tatoeba #193757

Kanji with the same radical

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