Japanese symbol for “fallacy”
虚偽
きょぎ
Romaji: kyogi
falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation
In Japanese, fallacy is 虚偽, read きょぎ (kyogi).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation
- n fallacy (logic)
Written forms: 虚偽. Readings: きょぎ、こぎ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fallacy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妄説 | ぼうせつ bousetsu | fallacy; false report |
| 謬説 | びゅうせつ byuusetsu | fallacy; fallacious argument |
| 謬論 | びゅうろん byuuron | fallacy; mistaken opinion |
| 迷妄 | めいもう meimou | illusion; fallacy; delusion |
| 誤信 | ごしん goshin | mistaken belief; erroneous belief; fallacy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 謙虚 | けんきょ kenkyo | modest; humble |
| 虚構 | きょこう kyokou | fiction; fabrication; concoction |
| 虚無 | きょむ kyomu | nihility; nothingness |
| 空虚 | くうきょ kuukyo | emptiness; hollowness; vacancy |
| 虚弱 | きょじゃく kyojaku | feebleness; weakness; imbecility |
| 偽造 | ぎぞう gizou | forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication |
| 偽装 | ぎそう gisou | camouflage; disguise |
| 偽物 | にせもの nisemono | spurious article; forgery; counterfeit |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fallacy”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.