假

jiǎ

variant of 假[jia3]

to borrow

person (亻) + borrow (叚) = to borrow

叚 originally depicted borrowing or taking something temporarily; the person radical grounds the act of borrowing as something a human does. Together they capture the idea of using what is not truly yours.

亻+叚→假
亻A personSemantic
叚To borrowSemantic

他假借朋友的名义来骗人。

tā jiǎ jiè péng yǒu de míng yì lái piàn rén。

he used his friend's name as a pretext to deceive people.

你不能假手于人来完成自己的工作。

nǐ bù néng jiǎ shǒu yú rén lái wán chéng zì jǐ de gōng zuò。

you cannot rely on others' hands to complete your own work.

Words with 假

假球

jiǎ qiú

match-fixing; a fixed match

假定

jiǎ dìng

to assume

渡假

dù jià

(Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation

假面

jiǎ miàn

mask

半真半假

bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ

(idiom) half true and half false

冤假错案

yuān jiǎ cuò àn

unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)

假唱

jiǎ chàng

to lip-sync (singing)

皇冠假日酒店

huáng guān jià rì jiǔ diàn

Crowne Plaza (hotel chain)

通假

tōng jiǎ

phonetic loan character

通假字

tōng jiǎ zì

phonetic loan character

造假

zào jiǎ

to counterfeit

连续统假设

lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè

(math.) the continuum hypothesis

More characters with 亻

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