Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1171

falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

forgery; counterfeiting
falsehood; untruth
false evidence; perjury
truth or falsehood; genuineness
camouflage; disguise
hypocrisy
false name; alias

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

imitation; fake
spurious article; forgery
lie; falsehood
to lie; to pretend

Example sentences

Time reveals truth as well as falsehood.

I contended against falsehood.

It is merely an imitation pearl.

What is the difference between imitation and real diamonds?