Chinese symbol for “false”
伪
wěi
Traditional: 偽
false; fake; forged; bogus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for false is 伪 (wěi), defined as: false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4].
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “false”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 错误 (錯誤) | cuò wù | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake |
| 违心 (違心) | wéi xīn | false; untrue to one's convictions |
| 谬 (謬) | miù | (bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伪造 (偽造) | wěi zào | to forge; to fake |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 伪装 (偽裝) | wěi zhuāng | to pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as |
| 真伪 (真偽) | zhēn wěi | true or bogus; authenticity |
| 伪君子 (偽君子) | wěi jūn zǐ | hypocrite |
| 伪善 (偽善) | wěi shàn | hypocritical |
See also: Japanese symbol for “false”.
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.