wěi

false

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

為 sound component

  Sound component

wèiwéi

  

do

Evolution

偽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
偽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
偽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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wěi

false, counterfeit, bogus; false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wèi]

Most common words with 偽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伪装

pretense

伪造

to forge

虚伪

false

false

伪君子

hypocrite