嘘

See also 噓

Translingual

simpl.		嘘
trad.		噓

Etymology

Simplified from 噓 (虛 → 虚). In current form 口 (“mouth”) + 虚.

Han character

嘘 (radical 30 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心金 (RYPC))

1. exhale
2. blow out
3. deep sigh
4. hiss
5. praise

References

• KangXi: page 206, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 675, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5618

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Japanese

Kanji

嘘

Readings

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: ふく (fuku), うそ (uso)

Noun

嘘 (hiragana うそ, romaji uso)

1. a lie, a falsehood; something incorrect
2. (slang) really?, no way!, unbelievable!

Usage notes

• In Japanese, saying that something is uso is less inflammatory than calling something a lie in English; it is more comparable to fib.

Derived terms

• 嘘つき (うそつき, usotsuki); a liar
• 大嘘 (おおうそ, ōuso); a big lie

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Korean

Hanja

嘘 (hangeul 허, revised heo, McCune-Reischauer hŏ)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嘘 (traditional 噓, pinyin xū (xu1), Wade-Giles hsü¹)