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IDENTITY

jiǎfake; to borrow (jiǎ); holiday (jià)

HSK 2Top 350

CORE MEANING

fake; to borrow (jiǎ); holiday (jià)

Part of speech
adjective
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.fake; falseHSK3
  2. 2.to borrow (strength)HSK5
  3. 3.holidayHSK3

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
person radical (rén)
strokes
11
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰亻叚
    • person
    • gives the sound jiǎ

USAGE

Common words

放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
假话jiǎhuàlie
假山jiǎshānrockery

Graded examples

  • 放假了,我们出去玩吧。Fàngjià le, wǒmen chūqù wán ba.HSK3

    It’s a holiday; let’s go out and play.

RELATIONS

In these chengyu

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A person (亻) borrowing (叚) another’s form — false, not real.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#350
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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