Hanja Analyzer
嘘

嘘 — heo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
불 허
Romanization
heo
English
exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise
Mandarin
xū
Japanese on'yomi
キョ, コ
Japanese kun'yomi
うそ ふ.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,235 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
口 (30, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+5618

Parts that make up 嘘

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 虚 빌 허 빌 허(虛)를 줄여 쓴 꼴비다. ‘허’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 嘘

  • 嘘うそ lie; fib; falsehood
  • 嘘つきうそつき liar; fibber; lying
  • 嘘字うそじ incorrectly written character; kanji written with the wrong strokes; wrongly used kanji
  • 大嘘おおうそ outrageous lie; outright lie
  • 嘘言おそごと lie
  • 嘘寝うそね feigned sleep; playing possum
  • 嘘松うそまつ account, post or story that is almost certainly untrue
  • 嘘八百うそはっぴゃく pack of lies; complete fabrication; all lies
  • 嘘泣きうそなき faking crying; crocodile tears
  • 嘘つけうそつけ you're lying; yeah, right; liar
  • 嘘っこうそっこ doing for fun; play
  • 嘘偽りうそいつわり lie; fib; falsehood

Other hanja read “허”

Other hanja with radical 口

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