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Chinese symbol for “pseudoscience”

伪科学
wěi kē xué
Traditional: 偽科學
pseudoscience

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pseudoscience is 伪科学 (wěi kē xué), defined as: pseudoscience.

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
科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 伪科学.

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
伪善 (偽善)wěi shànhypocritical
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “pseudoscience”.

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.