假

jiǎ · jià · gēi

fake · false

Radical: 亻 Strokes: 11 HSK 2

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤保

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤保任伏佛

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Character Decomposition

假=亻+叚

Etymology

A false 叚 person 亻; 叚 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings3 pronunciations

jiǎ

fake

false

artificial

to borrow

if

suppose

to borrow

jià

vacation

gēi

used in 假掰 gēi bāi

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Words with 假 383 total

to have a holiday or vacation放假fàng jià maternity leave产假chǎn jià to pose as sb · to act a part · imposture假充jiǎ chōng via · by way of假道jiǎ dào

Idioms with 假 43 total Chain

(idiom) half true and half false半真半假bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ (idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒ lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people狐假虎威hú jiǎ hǔ wēi phony mercy · sham benevolence · crocodile tears假慈悲jiǎ cí bēi official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position假公济私jiǎ gōng jì sī