Chinese symbol for “sham”
虚假
xū jiǎ
Traditional: 虛假
false; phony; sham
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sham is 虚假 (xū jiǎ), defined as: false; phony; sham.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sham”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 空心大老官 | kōng xīn dà lǎo guān | fake important personage; sham |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虚假.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚构 (虛構) | xū gòu | to make up; fabrication |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 空虚 (空虛) | kōng xū | hollow; emptiness |
| 虚弱 (虛弱) | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 假设 (假設) | jiǎ shè | to suppose; to presume |
| 假如 | jiǎ rú | if |
| 假装 (假裝) | jiǎ zhuāng | to feign; to pretend |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sham”.
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.