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Chinese symbol for “suppose”

假设
jiǎ shè
Traditional: 假設
to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...

The closest CC-CEDICT match for suppose is 假设 (jiǎ shè), defined as: to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; 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
设 shè
to build, to design; to establish; to offer
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “suppose”

WordPinyinMeaning
猜想cāi xiǎngto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) conjecture; hypothesis
假jiǎfake; false
假定jiǎ dìngto assume; to suppose
假使jiǎ shǐif; in case
打量dǎ liangto size sb up; to look sb up and down

Related words

Other words that share a character with 假设.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
建设 (建設)jiàn shèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
设计 (設計)shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan
设备 (設備)shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations

See also: Japanese symbol for “suppose”.

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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