谎
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lies; to lie
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 言 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 謊
- Common rank
- #2,351
- Unicode
- U+8C0E
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
lie · Heisig RSH #1726
words + 荒 wasteland
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 谎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 满口谎言 | to pour out lies | |
| 善意的谎言 | white lie | |
| 一派谎言 | a pack of lies | |
| 说谎者 | liar | |
| 弥天大谎 | a pack of lies (idiom) | |
| 测谎器 | lie detector; polygraph | |
| 小谎 | fib | |
| 谎言 | lie | |
| 谎报 | to lie | |
| 说谎 | to lie; to tell an untruth | |
| 瞒天大谎 | enormous lie; whopper | |
| 谎话 | lie | |
| 测谎仪 | lie detector; polygraph | |
| 谎价 | inflated price; exorbitant price | |
| 要谎 | to ask an enormous price (as first negotiating step) | |
| 谎称 | to claim; to pretend | |
| 圆谎 | to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied) | |
| 虚谎 | false | |
| 撒谎 | to tell lies | |
| 扯谎 | to tell a lie |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 荒 — compare how they read.