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谎

huǎng

to lie

🔤 Pictophonetic: 讠 (speech) provides meaning, 荒 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 11 strokes Common (22%)

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Component Breakdown

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讠

yán

words, speech; to speak, to say

荒

huāng

wasteland, desert; uncultivated

⿰讠荒 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yán

讠

words, speech; to speak, to say

2 strokes

huāng

荒

wasteland, desert; uncultivated

🔤 Pictophonetic: 芒 (grass) provides meaning, 川 provides pronunciation

9 strokes HSK 6

máng

芒

blade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (grass) provides meaning, 亡 provides pronunciation

6 strokes HSK 6

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

wáng

亡

death, destruction; to lose; to perish

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾

3 strokes HSK 6

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

chuān

川

stream, river

💡 Ideographic: A river's flow; compare 巛

3 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 谎 (20)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to lie / to tell an untruth

shuōhuǎng

说谎 ↗

to lie / to tell an untruth

lie detector / polygraph

cèhuǎngyí

测谎仪 ↗

lie detector / polygraph

谎称 ↗

huǎngchēng

to claim / to pretend

huǎngchēng

谎称 ↗

to claim / to pretend

inflated price / exorbitant price

huǎngjià

谎价 ↗

inflated price / exorbitant price

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