嘘

See also: 噓

Translingual

Japanese	嘘
Simplified	嘘
Traditional	噓

Han character

嘘 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心金 (RYPC), four-corner 6101₂, composition ⿰口虚)

Related characters

• 噓 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 675, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5618

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 噓 (虛 → 虚). Found in the Jiyun 《(deprecated template usage) 集韻 (Jíyùn)》 dictionary published during the Song dynasty (1039 AD).

Eventually adopted as an official form by the People's Republic of China in 1965 based on the Table of General Used Chinese Characters for Publishing 《(deprecated template usage) 印刷通用漢字字形表》 where Xin Zixing ((deprecated template usage) 新字形) is promulgated for the first time.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘘 – see 噓 (“to slowly exhale; to sigh; to lament; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 噓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00681-001#26

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Japanese

Kanji

嘘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 噓)

1. lie; falsehood

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo)^{←きよ (kyo, historical)}
• Kun: うそ (uso, 嘘); はく (haku, 嘘く); ふく (fuku, 嘘く)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘘
うそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
噓 (kyūjitai)

Attested in the late Heian period. Possibly cognate with 嘯く (usobuku, “to boast”).

Noun

1. a lie; a falsehood; a fallacy

   嘘(うそ)をつくな。

   Uso o tsukuna.

   Don’t tell lies.

   • 1985 December 20, Taeko Watanabe, “第(だい)四十九話(わ)　家(か)族(ぞく)　Ⅱ [Chapter 49: Family Ⅱ]”, in ファミリー！ [Family!], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 76:

     ウソです！ウソにきまってるわ！

     Uso desu! Uso ni kimatteru wa!

     Nonsense! That’s just utter nonsense!

   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)60話(わ)　少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 24–25:

     敵(てき)であるオマエを信(しん)じろと言(い)うのか？

     Teki de aru omae o shinjiro to iu no ka?

     You’re my opponent. Why should I believe you?

     嘘(うそ)は言(い)ってねェ！信(しん)じてくれ

     Uso wa itte nē! Shinjite kure

     I’m telling the truth! Believe me

   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)63話(わ)　幼(おさな)い記(き)憶(おく) [Chapter 63: Childish Memories]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 108–109:

     …もう少(すこ)し味(あじ)わってから食(た)べてくれない？

     …Mō sukoshi ajiwatte kara tabete kurenai?

     …At least take some time to enjoy the flavor, would you?

     ここんとこウマイもん食(く)ってなかったからな

     Kokon toko umai mon kutte nakatta kara na

     It’s just that I haven’t gotten to eat good food like this for a long time

     ハイハイ

     Hai hai

     Whatever

     お世(せ)辞(じ)じゃねえって　食(く)い物(も)の事(のこと)でウソは言(い)わねーよ…オレ　ジジイと二人(ふたり)暮(ぐ)らしだろ？女(じょ)性(せい)の手(て)料(りょう)理(り)っての憧(あこが)れあってさ　金(きん)髪(ぱつ)にも一(ひと)つ位(くらい)女(おんな)の子(こ)らしいとこがあんだな…

     O-seji ja nētte Kui mono no koto de uso wa iwanē yo …Ore jijī to futarigurashi daro? Josei no teryōritte no akogareatte sa Kinpatsu ni mo hitotsu kurai onna no ko rashii toko ga an da na…

     No really, I mean it. I would never lie when it comes to food. Like, I lived with gramps alone, right? So it’s just natural for me to long for a woman’s home cooking. And this is one of the few areas where even you could be ladylike, Blondie…

     一(ひと)言(こと)多(おお)いッ

     Hitokoto ōi'

     Why you blabbermouth!

   • 2002 April 19, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, “第13話必殺したいあいつ [Chapter 13: The Knockout Guy]”, in 吼えろペン　COMIC BOMBER [The Roaring Pen: COMIC BOMBER], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 22:

     あ……ああ……お……おれの……おれの創(ウ)作(ソ)は……すでにこの世の現実に追いつかれてしまっていたのか…‼

     A…… Aa…… O…… Ore no…… Ore no uso wa…… sude ni kono yo no genjitsu ni oitsukarete shimatteita no ka…‼

     Uh…… Huh…… Wh…… What I’ve just made up…… has already been realized in the real world…‼

2. mistake; error
3. unwise move; bad decision

Synonyms

• (lie, falsehood): 偽(いつわ)り (itsuwari)
• (lie, falsehood): 虚(きょ)言(げん) (kyogen), 虚(きょ)言(ごん) (kyogon)
• (lie, falsehood): 空(そら)言(ごと) (soragoto)
• (mistake): 間(ま)違(ちが)い (machigai)
• (error): 誤(あやま)り (ayamari)

Derived terms

• 嘘(うそ)つき (usotsuki, “a liar”)
• 大(おお)嘘(うそ) (ōuso, “a big lie”)

Interjection

嘘(うそ) or 嘘(ウソ) • (uso) 

1. (slang) no way!; unbelievable!; get out of here!; shut up!

Usage notes

• In Japanese, using uso is less inflammatory than calling something a lie in English; it is used similar to "No way!" or "Really!"

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嘘 (hừ, hờ, hú, hư, hứ, hự, hử, khư)

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References

• Nom Foundation