贋

See also: 赝

贋 U+8D0B, 贋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D0B ← 贊 [U+8D0A] CJK Unified Ideographs 贌 → [U+8D0C]

Translingual

Han character

贋 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一人土金 (MOGC), composition ⿸雁貝)

1. false
2. counterfeit
3. bogus
4. sham

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1212, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36943
• Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3657, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8D0B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 雁 (OC *ŋraːns) + semantic 貝 (“money”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 贋 – see 贗 (“counterfeit; fake; forged; false”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 贗).

Japanese

Kanji

贋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. counterfeit, fake

Readings

• On (unclassified): がん (gan)
• Kun: にせ (nise, 贋)

Compounds

• 贋物(がんぶつ) (ganbutsu)

Korean

Hanja

贋 • (an) (hangeul 안, revised an, McCune–Reischauer an, Yale an)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.