伪

wěi

wěispelled as ui · 3rd tone — spelling rules

false · fake

Radical: 亻 Strokes: 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假保任伏

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Stroke Order · 6 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

伪=亻+为

Meanings

false

fake

forged

bogus

(prefix) pseudo-

Taiwan pr. wèi

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Idioms with 伪 10 total Chain

winnow truth from falsehood · eliminate the false and retain the true去伪存真qù wěi cún zhēn can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake · not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)真伪莫辨zhēn wěi mò biàn