Chinese symbol for “falsify”
篡改
cuàn gǎi
to tamper with; to falsify
The closest CC-CEDICT match for falsify is 篡改 (cuàn gǎi), defined as: to tamper with; to falsify.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “falsify”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 篡改.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篡夺 (篡奪) | cuàn duó | to usurp; to seize |
| 篡权 (篡權) | cuàn quán | to usurp power |
| 篡位 | cuàn wèi | to seize the throne |
| 篡逆 | cuàn nì | to rebel; to revolt |
| 篡党 (篡黨) | cuàn dǎng | to usurp the leadership of the party |
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
See also: Japanese symbol for “falsify”.
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.