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Chinese symbol for “demure”

假正经
jiǎ zhèng jīng
Traditional: 假正經
demure; prudish; hypocritical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for demure is 假正经 (jiǎ zhèng jīng), defined as: demure; prudish; hypocritical.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

假 jiǎ
fake, false, deceitful; vacation
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 假正经.

WordPinyinMeaning
假设 (假設)jiǎ shèto suppose; to presume
假如jiǎ rúif
假装 (假裝)jiǎ zhuāngto feign; to pretend
假期jià qīholiday period; vacation
虚假 (虛假)xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
度假dù jiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready

See also: Japanese symbol for “demure”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.