Japanese symbol for “forgery”
偽造
ぎぞう
Romaji: gizou
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
In Japanese, forgery is 偽造, read ぎぞう (gizou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n, vs forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “forgery”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偽物 | にせもの nisemono | spurious article; forgery; counterfeit |
| 捏造 | ねつぞう netsuzou | fabrication; forgery; falsehood |
| 変造 | へんぞう henzou | alteration; defacement; debasement |
| 偽書 | ぎしょ gisho | spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery |
| 偽作 | ぎさく gisaku | apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偽装 | ぎそう gisou | camouflage; disguise |
| 偽物 | にせもの nisemono | spurious article; forgery; counterfeit |
| 真偽 | しんぎ shingi | truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity |
| 虚偽 | きょぎ kyogi | falsehood; untruth; lie |
| 偽り | いつわり itsuwari | lie; falsehood; fiction |
| 構造 | こうぞう kouzou | structure; construction; makeup |
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 改造 | かいぞう kaizou | remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction |
See also: Chinese symbol for “forgery”.
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