Chinese symbol for “lies”
谎
huǎng
Traditional: 謊
lies; to lie
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lies is 谎 (huǎng), defined as: lies; to lie.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lies”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妄言 | wàng yán | lies; wild talk |
| 妄语 (妄語) | wàng yǔ | to tell lies; to talk nonsense; lies; nonsense |
| 诈语 (詐語) | zhà yǔ | falsehood; lies |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谎言 (謊言) | huǎng yán | lie |
| 撒谎 (撒謊) | sā huǎng | to tell lies |
| 说谎 (說謊) | shuō huǎng | to lie; to tell an untruth |
| 谎话 (謊話) | huǎng huà | lie |
| 谎称 (謊稱) | huǎng chēng | to claim; to pretend |
| 谎报 (謊報) | huǎng bào | to lie |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lies”.
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.