Chinese symbol for “untrue”
不实
bù shí
Traditional: 不實
untrue; false; unfounded; (literary) (of a plant) to not bear fruit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for untrue is 不实 (bù shí), defined as: untrue; false; unfounded; (literary) (of a plant) to not bear fruit.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “untrue”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不实.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 其实 (其實) | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 实施 (實施) | shí shī | to implement; to carry out |
See also: Japanese symbol for “untrue”.
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.