Dong Chinese dictionary

jiǎ, gēi, jià

falsehood

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

叚 Sound component

jiǎ

false

叚 also serves as a meaning component.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiǎ

falsehood, deception; vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose

gēi

see 假掰[gēibāi]

jiǎ

variant of 假[jiǎ]

Most common words with 假

Sources