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Chinese symbol for “hypothesis”

假说
jiǎ shuō
Traditional: 假說
hypothesis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypothesis is 假说 (jiǎ shuō), defined as: hypothesis.

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
说 shuō
to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hypothesis”

WordPinyinMeaning
说法 (說法)shuō faway of speaking; wording
假设 (假設)jiǎ shèto suppose; to presume
假定jiǎ dìngto assume; to suppose
假想jiǎ xiǎngimaginary; virtual
猜想cāi xiǎngto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) conjecture; hypothesis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 假说.

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
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction

See also: Japanese symbol for “hypothesis”.

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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