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Chinese symbol for “pseudonym”

假名
jiǎ míng
false name; pseudonym; alias; pen name

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pseudonym is 假名 (jiǎ míng), defined as: false name; pseudonym; alias; pen name; the Japanese kana scripts; hiragana 平假名 (píng jiǎ míng) and katakana 片假名 (piàn jiǎ míng).

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
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pseudonym”

WordPinyinMeaning
笔名 (筆名)bǐ míngpen name; pseudonym
花名huā míngname of a person on the household register (old); name on a roster
化名huà míngto go by an alias; to assume a false name; alias; pseudonym; assumed name

Related words

Other words that share a character with 假名.

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
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted

See also: Japanese symbol for “pseudonym”.

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.