假 — fake; false; artificial
fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose
- Pinyin
- jiǎ · gēi · jià
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- required
This character has more than one reading — jiǎ, gēi, jià — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 假: 11 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 假 in the HSK syllabus: 20
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday or vacationHSK 3
- 假期jiàqīvacationHSK 3
- 请假qǐngjiàto request leave of absenceHSK 3
- 休假xiūjiàto go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leaveHSK 3
- 度假dùjiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacationHSK 4
- 寒假hánjiàwinter vacationHSK 4
- 假jiǎfake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; supposeHSK 4
- 假日jiàrìa holiday; a day offHSK 4
- 节假日jiéjiàrìpublic holidayHSK 4
- 暑假shǔjiàsummer vacationHSK 4
- 假如jiǎrúifHSK 5
- 假设jiǎshèto suppose; to presume; to assumeHSK 6
- 不假思索bùjiǎ-sīsuǒto act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hipHSK 7–9
- 假定jiǎdìngto assume; to suppose; supposed; so-calledHSK 7–9
- 假冒jiǎmàoto impersonate; to pose as; to counterfeitHSK 7–9
- 假使jiǎshǐif; in case; suppose; given ...HSK 7–9
- 假装jiǎzhuāngto feign; to pretendHSK 7–9
- 弄虚作假nòngxū-zuòjiǎto practice fraud; by trickeryHSK 7–9
- 虚假xūjiǎfalse; phony; shamHSK 7–9
- 造假zàojiǎto counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuineHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.