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Chinese symbol for “fraudulent”

作假
zuò jiǎ
to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fraudulent is 作假 (zuò jiǎ), defined as: to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud; fraudulent; to behave affectedly.

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

作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
假 jiǎ
fake, false, deceitful; vacation
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fraudulent”

WordPinyinMeaning
诈领 (詐領)zhà lǐngto defraud; to obtain by fraud

Related words

Other words that share a character with 作假.

WordPinyinMeaning
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
作为 (作為)zuò wéione's conduct; deed
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
假设 (假設)jiǎ shèto suppose; to presume
假如jiǎ rúif

See also: Japanese symbol for “fraudulent”.

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.