Japanese symbol for “misinformation”
虚偽
きょぎ
Romaji: kyogi
falsehood; untruth; lie; misinformation
In Japanese, misinformation 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 “misinformation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誤報 | ごほう gohou | false report; incorrect report; misinformation |
| デマ | デマ dema | false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation |
| 虚報 | きょほう kyohou | false news; canard; fabricated news story |
| 誤伝 | ごでん goden | misinformation |
| デマゴギー | デマゴギー demagogii | false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation |
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 |
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.