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Chinese symbol for “hypocrisy”

假仁假义
jiǎ rén jiǎ yì
Traditional: 假仁假義
hypocrisy; pretended righteousness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypocrisy is 假仁假义 (jiǎ rén jiǎ yì), defined as: hypocrisy; pretended righteousness.

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

假 jiǎ
fake, false, deceitful; vacation
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
仁 rén
benevolent, humane, kind
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
假
假 jiǎ
fake, false, deceitful; vacation
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hypocrisy”

WordPinyinMeaning
假意jiǎ yìinsincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely
口是心非kǒu shì xīn fēiduplicity; hypocrisy (idiom)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 假仁假义.

WordPinyinMeaning
假设 (假設)jiǎ shèto suppose; to presume
假如jiǎ rúif
假装 (假裝)jiǎ zhuāngto feign; to pretend
假期jià qīholiday period; vacation
虚假 (虛假)xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
度假dù jiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
同仁tóng rén(formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession)
仁慈rén cíbenevolent; charitable
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning

See also: Japanese symbol for “hypocrisy”.

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.