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嘘

嘘 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 14 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふく。はく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「噓」の異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lie, falsehood

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョ
  • コ
Kun (native)
  • うそ
  • ふ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音xu1
  • 拼音shi1
  • 한글heo
  • Hán-ViệtHư

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5618

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口虚

Words using this kanji

  • 嘘うそ(息を) ふく (日本語のみの用法) うそlie, fib, falsehood, untruth
  • 嘘つきうそつき「うそつき」を参照。liar, fibber, lying
  • 嘘字うそじ実際にはない、でたらめな字。字画を誤った字や誤用した字。 小野ばかむら譃字盡に出てくる漢字のこと。incorrectly written character, kanji written with the wrong strokes, wrongly used kanji
  • 嘘言おそごとlie
  • 嘘寝うそねfeigned sleep, playing possum
  • 嘘松うそまつ主にSNS上に投稿された、真偽は定かでないが、ほぼ間違いなく嘘であろう話。また、その話の投稿者。account, post or story that is almost certainly untrue
  • 嘘八百うそはっぴゃく沢山の。 まったくの嘘。pack of lies, complete fabrication, all lies
  • 嘘泣きうそなきfaking crying, crocodile tears
  • 嘘つけうそつけyou're lying, yeah, right, liar, fibber
  • 嘘っこうそっこdoing for fun, play
  • 嘘偽りうそいつわりlie, fib, falsehood, untruth
  • 嘘の皮うそのかわtotal lie, big lie, complete lie
  • 嘘っぱちうそっぱちtotal lie, downright lie
  • 嘘っ八百うそっぱっぴゃくfull of lies
  • 嘘をつくうそをつく「嘘を吐く」に同じ。to tell a lie, to fib
  • 嘘発見器うそはっけんき嘘をついている時の体の変化をポリグラフなどで調べ、うそをついているか調べる装置。lie detector
  • 嘘も方便うそもほうべん仏が衆生済度にあたっては、方便（手段）として嘘をつくこともある、ということから、大きな善行の前では、偽りも認められるということ。 語義1より軽い意味で、物事を円滑に進めるには多少の嘘も許されるの意。the end justifies the means, circumstances may justify a lie
  • 嘘のよううそのようhard-to-believe, unbelievable, incredible, fabulous
  • 嘘くさいうそくさいcontrived, false-sounding
  • 嘘っぽいうそっぽいcontrived, false-sounding

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(32 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-11
Four Corner
6101.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d11.7
Heisig
2286
Nelson
993