Memory phrase for the character: 假

假

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Meaning fake, false, to borrow, artificial

Pronunciation

jiǎ, jià

Explanation

Left: person亻, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)

Mnemonic
 
For persons is the (work in) a mine: false.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
叚 mine, pitIn a hole 口 with a ladder you have the tool コ in your hand 又. (This interpretation is without any etymological background.)
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 Vocabulary

假如 jiǎ rú  if
假使 jiǎ shǐ  if; in case; suppose; given...
假设 jiǎ shè  suppose that...; hypothesis; conjecture
假定 jiǎ dìng  to assume; to suppose; supposed; so-called; assumption; hypothesis
暑假 shǔ jià  summer vacation
假惺惺 jiǎ xīng xīng  hypocritical; unctuous; insincerely courteous; to shed crocodile tears
孰真孰假 shú zhēn shú jiǎ  what is true and what is fake
孰真孰假 shú zhēn shú jiǎ  

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