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Chinese symbol for “disprove”

证伪
zhèng wěi
Traditional: 證偽
to disprove; to confirm (sth) to be false

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disprove is 证伪 (zhèng wěi), defined as: to disprove; to confirm (sth) to be false.

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Characters and stroke order

证 zhèng
to prove, to verify; certificate, proof
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
伪 wěi
false, counterfeit, bogus
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 证伪.

WordPinyinMeaning
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee
证据 (證據)zhèng jùevidence; proof
证券 (證券)zhèng quànnegotiable security (financial); certificate
证实 (證實)zhèng shíto confirm (sth to be true); to verify
认证 (認證)rèn zhèngto authenticate; to approve
伪造 (偽造)wěi zàoto forge; to fake
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical

See also: Japanese symbol for “disprove”.

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.