偽

Glyph origin
., originally “artificial”.

Etymology
Often thought to be derived from.

Alternatively, it may be cognate to ; this may be compared to 🇨🇬, though the -d in Tibetan is unexplained.

seems to attempt to unify the two etymologies above. He argues the 🇨🇬 initial ng- in both and  come from a middle voice/intransitivizing prefix. 偽, reconstructed as, would be derived from as the root.

Definitions

 * 1) false; counterfeit; bogus; fake; pseudo-; artificial
 * 2) falsehood; untruthfulness
 * 3) illegal; illegitimate
 * 1) falsehood; untruthfulness
 * 2) illegal; illegitimate
 * 1) falsehood; untruthfulness
 * 2) illegal; illegitimate
 * 1) illegal; illegitimate

Kanji

 * 1) falsehood, lie
 * 2) fake, forgery

Etymology 1
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From.

Noun

 * 1) a falsehood, lie
 * 2)  a false statement
 * 1)  a false statement

Etymology 2
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Adjective

 * 1) a counterfeit, forgery
 * 2) an imitation, replica
 * 3) prefixed to nouns:
 * 4) counterfeit, forged
 * 5) fake, false
 * 1) fake, false