嘘

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Kanji 2.1.1 Readings 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Korean 3.1 Hanja 4 Mandarin 4.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

嘘

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Noun

嘘 (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.

[edit] 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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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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