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Character Decomposition
假=亻+叚
Etymology
A false 叚 person 亻; 叚 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings3 pronunciations
jiǎ
fake
false
artificial
to borrow
if
suppose
to borrow
jià
vacation
gēi
used in 假掰 gēi bāi
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Words with 假 383 total
to have a holiday or vacation放假fàng jiàmaternity leave产假chǎn jiàto pose as sb · to act a part · imposture假充jiǎ chōngvia · by way of假道jiǎ dàoto assume · to suppose · supposed · so-called · assumption · hypothesis假定jiǎ dìngif假而jiǎ éra lie · untrue statement · misstatement假话jiǎ huàto make use of · to use sth as pretext · under false pretenses · under the guise of · masquerading as · lenient · tolerant · loan character (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters) · character acquiring meanings by phonetic association · also called phonetic loan假借jiǎ jièacting magistrate · temporary official (in former times)假吏jiǎ lì
Idioms with 假 43 total Chain
(idiom) half true and half false半真半假bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒlit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people狐假虎威hú jiǎ hǔ wēiphony mercy · sham benevolence · crocodile tears假慈悲jiǎ cí bēiofficial authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position假公济私jiǎ gōng jì sī
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