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Chinese symbol for “hypocritical”

伪善
wěi shàn
Traditional: 偽善
hypocritical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypocritical is 伪善 (wěi shàn), defined as: hypocritical.

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

伪 wěi
false, counterfeit, bogus
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
善 shàn
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hypocritical”

WordPinyinMeaning
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
假正经 (假正經)jiǎ zhèng jīngdemure; prudish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伪善.

WordPinyinMeaning
伪造 (偽造)wěi zàoto forge; to fake
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
伪装 (偽裝)wěi zhuāngto pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as
真伪 (真偽)zhēn wěitrue or bogus; authenticity
伪君子 (偽君子)wěi jūn zǐhypocrite
改善gǎi shànto make better; to improve
完善wán shàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed
慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable

See also: Japanese symbol for “hypocritical”.

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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