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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

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

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[edit] Japanese

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[edit] Readings

[edit] Noun

(hiragana うそ, romaji uso)

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

[edit] Usage notes

  • In Japanese, saying that something is uso is less inflammatory than calling something a lie in English.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised heo, McCune-Reischauer hŏ)


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[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , pinyin (xu1), Wade-Giles hsü1)