Chinese symbol for “fake”
假
jiǎ
fake; false; artificial; to borrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fake is 假 (jiǎ), defined as: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fake”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒牌 | mào pái | fake; impostor |
| 赝品 (贗品) | yàn pǐn | fake; counterfeit article |
| 伪 (偽) | wěi | false; fake |
| 伪造 (偽造) | wěi zào | to forge; to fake |
| 假货 (假貨) | jiǎ huò | counterfeit article; fake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 假.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 假设 (假設) | jiǎ shè | to suppose; to presume |
| 假如 | jiǎ rú | if |
| 假装 (假裝) | jiǎ zhuāng | to feign; to pretend |
| 假期 | jià qī | holiday period; vacation |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 度假 | dù jià | to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fake”.
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.