Chinese symbol for “fabrication”
虚构
xū gòu
Traditional: 虛構
to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fabrication is 虚构 (xū gòu), defined as: to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fabrication”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虚构.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 空虚 (空虛) | kōng xū | hollow; emptiness |
| 虚弱 (虛弱) | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure; composition |
| 构成 (構成) | gòu chéng | to constitute; to form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fabrication”.
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.