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Chinese symbol for “fictional”

虚构
xū gòu
Traditional: 虛構
to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fictional is 虚构 (xū gòu), defined as: to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary.

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

虚 xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
radical 141 ⾌ · 11 strokes
构 gòu
to compose, to make; building, frame, structure
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 虚构.

WordPinyinMeaning
虚拟 (虛擬)xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
虚假 (虛假)xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
空虚 (空虛)kōng xūhollow; emptiness
虚弱 (虛弱)xū ruòweak; in poor health
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
构成 (構成)gòu chéngto constitute; to form

See also: Japanese symbol for “fictional”.

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.

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