Japanese symbol for “perjury”
偽証
ぎしょう
Romaji: gishou
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
In Japanese, perjury is 偽証, read ぎしょう (gishou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n, vi false evidence; perjury; false testimony
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “perjury”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偽誓 | ぎせい gisei | perjury; false oath |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 証拠 | しょうこ shouko | evidence; proof |
| 証明 | しょうめい shoumei | proof; testimony; demonstration |
See also: Chinese symbol for “perjury”.
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.