# 假

| 假 | U+5047, &#20551; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5047 |
| ← 偆 [U+5046] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 偈 → [U+5048] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 仮 |
| Simplified | 假 |
| Traditional | 假 |

### Han character

假 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人口卜水 (ORYE), four-corner 2724$_7$, composition ⿰亻叚)

#### Derived characters

* 𠽙, 𪝪, 𫖄, 𦹜, 𣘟

#### Related characters

* 仮 (Japanese shinjitai)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 835
* Dae Jaweon: page 233, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 196, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5047

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 假 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). ||
| | Old Chinese |
| 葭 | *kraː |
| 麚 | *kraː |
| 瘕 | *kraː, *kraːʔ |
| 豭 | *kraː |
| 貑 | *kraː |
| 猳 | *kraː |
| 犌 | *kraː |
| 假 | *kraːʔ, *kraːs |
| 嘏 | *kraːʔ |
| 婽 | *kraːʔ |
| 椵 | *kraːʔ |
| 叚 | *kraːʔ |
| 蝦 | *qʰraː, *ɡraː |
| 煆 | *qʰraː, *qʰraːs |
| 霞 | *ɡraː |
| 遐 | *ɡraː |
| 瑕 | *ɡraː |
| 鰕 | *ɡraː |
| 碬 | *ɡraː |
| 蕸 | *ɡraː |
| 赮 | *ɡraː |
| 鍜 | *ɡraː |
| 騢 | *ɡraː |
| 暇 | *ɡraːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 叚 (OC *kraːʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### “to borrow; false”

    The sense evolved in the following manner: "to borrow" > "simulate" > "deception; false".
    Cognate with Tibetan ཀར་སྐྱིན (kar skyin, “loan; thing borrowed”). An allofam is probably 雇 (OC *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ, “to hire”).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎ (jia$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ga$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ká
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ga$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jia$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǎ
* Eastern Min (BUC): gā
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ké / kée / ká
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gê$^2$ / gia$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ge$^2$ / gia$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ka; $^5$cia
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎ
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^2$
*** Yale: gá
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ká
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jia$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕia⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎ
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gā
*** Sinological IPA : /ka³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké
*** Tâi-lô: ké
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kea
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ke⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ke⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kée
*** Tâi-lô: kée
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká
*** Tâi-lô: ká
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ka⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ka⁵⁵⁴/
* ké/kée - vernacular;
* ká - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kaeX
Rime :
| Character | 假 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古疋切 |
| Baxter | kaeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠa$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚa$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ka$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ka$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ka$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ka$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaa$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.kˤraʔ/, /*kˤraʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 假 | 假 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǎ | jiǎ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæ$^X$ › | ‹ kæ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.kˁraʔ/ | /*kˁraʔ/ |
| English | borrow; false | great |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 假 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 5955 |
| Phonetic component | 叚 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 檟 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraːʔ/ |

##### Definitions

假
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lend; to borrow; to loan
    假道伐虢 ― jiǎdàofáguó ― to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
    假以時日／假以时日 ― jiǎyǐshírì ― as time goes by
* (literary) to lease; to rent
* (literary) to give, provide, grant
* (literary) to forgive; to condone; to absolve
* (historical, politics) acting
    假王 ― jiǎwáng ― Acting Prince
    假丞相 ― jiǎchéngxiàng ― Acting Chancellor
* (historical, politics) to delegate an acting position to
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to make use of; to depend on
    不假思索 ― bùjiǎsīsuǒ ― without hesitation
    假借 ― jiǎjiè ― to make use of; phonetic loan
* to disguise; to fake; to pretend
    假裝／假装 ― jiǎzhuāng ― to pretend
* forged; artificial; false
    假貨／假货 ― jiǎhuò ― counterfeit goods
    假睫毛 ― jiǎjiémáo ― false eyelash
    Antonym: 真 (zhēn)
* falsehood; deception
    真假 ― zhēnjiǎ ― real and fake; authenticity
       From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
       Jiǎ zuò zhēn shí zhēn yì jiǎ, wú wéi yǒu chù yǒu huán wú. [Pinyin]
       When falsehood stands for truth, truth likewise becomes false[hood]; where naught be made to aught, aught changes into naught.
* (literary) for the time being; temporarily
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) if; assuming
    假設／假设 ― jiǎshè ― to suppose
* a surname
* (historical) the name of a state
* Obsolete form of 嘏 (“great, grand; blessing, happiness”).
* Obsolete form of 瘕 (jiǎ, “abdominal disease”).

##### Compounds

* 不假
* 不假思索 (bùjiǎsīsuǒ)
* 不假辭色 / 不假辞色
* 久假不歸 / 久假不归 (jiǔjiǎbùguī)
* 以假為真 / 以假为真
* 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
* 便假若
* 假仁假義 / 假仁假义 (jiǎrénjiǎyì)
* 假仙
* 假以辭色 / 假以辞色
* 假以顏色 / 假以颜色
* 假似
* 假使 (jiǎshǐ)
* 假借 (jiǎjiè)
* 假借義 / 假借义
* 假充
* 假公濟私 / 假公济私 (jiǎgōngjìsī)
* 假冒 (jiǎmào)
* 假分數 / 假分数 (jiǎfēnshù)
* 假力
* 假力於人 / 假力于人
* 假名 (jiǎmíng)
* 假唱 (jiǎchàng)
* 假嗓子
* 假執行 / 假执行
* 假女
* 假如 (jiǎrú)
* 假子
* 假定 (jiǎdìng)
* 假寓
* 假寐 (jiǎmèi)
* 假寵 / 假宠
* 假對 / 假对
* 假局子
* 假山 (jiǎshān)
* 假平等
* 假座
* 假廝兒 / 假厮儿
* 假性 (jiǎxìng)
* 假息
* 假意 (jiǎyì)
* 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
* 假惺惺 (jiǎxīngxīng)
* 假想敵 / 假想敌 (jiǎxiǎngdí)
* 假戲真做 / 假戏真做 (jiǎxìzhēnzuò)
* 假手
* 假托 (jiǎtuō)
* 假扣押 (jiǎ kòuyā)
* 假扮 (jiǎbàn)
* 假批子
* 假招子
* 假捏
* 假撇清
* 假果
* 假根
* 假榻
* 假正經 / 假正经 (jiǎzhèngjing)
* 假死 (jiǎsǐ)
* 假決議 / 假决议
* 假洋鬼子
* 假父
* 假牙 (jiǎyá)
* 假稱 / 假称 (jiǎchēng)
* 假節 / 假节
* 假聲 / 假声 (jiǎshēng)
* 假若 (jiǎruò)
* 假葉 / 假叶
* 假藉 / 假借
* 假處分 / 假处分
* 假裝 / 假装 (jiǎzhuāng)
* 假言命題 / 假言命题
* 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
* 假話 / 假话 (jiǎhuà)
* 假象 (jiǎxiàng)
* 假貨 / 假货 (jiǎhuò)
* 假貸 / 假贷
* 假造 (jiǎzào)
* 假途滅虢 / 假途灭虢
* 假道 (jiǎdào)
* 假道學 / 假道学
* 假釋 / 假释 (jiǎshì)
* 假鈔 / 假钞 (jiǎchāo)
* 假面 (jiǎmiàn)
* 假面具 (jiǎmiànjù)
* 假面劇 / 假面剧 (jiǎmiànjù)
* 假食
* 假館 / 假馆
* 假饒 / 假饶
* 假髮 / 假发 (jiǎfà)
* 優假 / 优假
* 喬文假醋 / 乔文假醋
* 因公假私
* 天假之年
* 天假因緣 / 天假因缘
* 天假良緣 / 天假良缘
* 寬假 / 宽假
* 將假作真 / 将假作真
* 將假當真 / 将假当真
* 弄假成真 (nòngjiǎchéngzhēn)
* 弄虛作假 / 弄虚作假 (nòngxūzuòjiǎ)
* 強文假醋 / 强文假醋
* 打假球 (dǎjiǎqiú)
* 搬假戲 / 搬假戏
* 撇假
* 摻假 / 掺假 (chānjiǎ)
* 攙假 / 搀假 (chānjiǎ)
* 枵鬼假細膩 / 枵鬼假细腻 (iau-kúi ké sè-jī) (Min Nan)
* 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
* 狐假鴟張 / 狐假鸱张
* 理論假設 / 理论假设
* 當真假 / 当真假
* 真假 (zhēnjiǎ)
* 真真假假 (zhēnzhēnjiǎjiǎ)
* 糊假棺
* 虎威狐假
* 虛假 / 虚假 (xūjiǎ)
* 虛情假意 / 虚情假意
* 衿假
* 袂博假博 (bē-phok-ké-phok) (Min Nan)
* 裝假 / 装假 (zhuāngjiǎ)
* 言真道假
* 調假 / 调假
* 造假 (zàojiǎ)
* 通假 (tōngjiǎ)
* 酸文假醋
* 附會假借 / 附会假借

##### Descendants

* → Lingao: ke¹ (via Hainanese)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jià (jia$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jia$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ga$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ká / ka
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ga$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jia$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǎ
* Eastern Min (BUC): gá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kè / kèe / kà
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gê$^3$ / gia$^2$ / gian$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ge$^3$ / gia$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ka
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jià
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jià
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^4$
*** Yale: jyà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jia$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gia
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕia⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^3$
*** Yale: ga
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ká / ka
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˋ$ / ga
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^3$ / ga$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka³¹/, /ka⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jia$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕia⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎ
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gá
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
*** Tâi-lô: kè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kex
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ke⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèe
*** Tâi-lô: kèe
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà
*** Tâi-lô: kà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /ka²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/
* Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
** kè - vernacular;
** kà - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit假 (放假) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕia⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕia⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕiɑ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕia²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕia³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕia²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕia¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕia¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕia²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕia⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕia⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕia²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕia̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɑ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕia²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕia⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕiɑ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ka³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕiɑ⁵¹³/ /kɑ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiɑ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ko⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕia³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kɔ³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕia⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕiɒ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑ²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ka³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kɑ³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ka³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kʰa³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ka³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ka²¹/ /ke²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kɑ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ka²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kia⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kɛ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kaeH
Rime :
| Character | 假 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古訝切 |
| Baxter | kaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ka$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ka$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ka$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ka$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jià |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 假 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 5961 |
| Phonetic component | 叚 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 駕 |
| Old Chinese | /*kraːs/ |

##### Definitions

假
* day off; holiday; vacation; leave
    病假 ― bìngjià ― sick leave
    假日 ― jiàrì ― holiday

##### Compounds

* 不假外出
* 乞假 (qǐjià)
* 予假 (yǔjià)
* 事假 (shìjià)
* 休假 (xiūjià)
* 例假 (lìjià)
* 假日 (jiàrì)
* 假期 (jiàqī)
* 假樂 / 假乐
* 公假
* 准假 (zhǔnjià)
* 參假 / 参假 (cānjià)
* 告假 (gàojià)
* 告謊假 / 告谎假
* 寒假 (hánjià)
* 年假 (niánjià)
* 放假 (fàngjià)
* 春假 (chūnjià)
* 暑假 (shǔjià)
* 求假
* 渡假 (dùjià)
* 無薪假 / 无薪假 (wúxīnjià)
* 產假 / 产假 (chǎnjià)
* 病假 (bìngjià)
* 節假 / 节假
* 給假 / 给假
* 續假 / 续假 (xùjià)
* 補假 / 补假 (bǔjià)
* 請假 / 请假 (qǐngjià)
* 賜假 / 赐假
* 銷假 / 销假 (xiāojià)
* 長假 / 长假 (chángjià)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xià (xia$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xià
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sià
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$
*** Yale: syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

#### Definitions

假
* (obsolete) good; excellent; beautiful
    Synonym: 嘉 (jiā)

#### Compounds

* 假樂 / 假乐

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 假 – see 格 (“to arrive”). (This character is an obsolete form of 格).

#### Compounds

* 登假

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 假 – see 遐 (“far, distant”). (This character is an obsolete form of 遐).

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 假 – see 瑕 (“flaw; blemish”). (This character is an obsolete form of 瑕).

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 假 – see 價 (“meaningless modal particle”). (This character is a variant form of 價).

### References

* “假”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “假”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00203

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 仮 |
| Kyūjitai | 假 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 仮)
* temporary
* interim
* assumed (name)
* informal

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)
* Kun: かり (kari)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 假 (MC kaeX).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 강 (Yale: {{{2}}}) | 강 (Yale: {{{2}}}) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 | 빌 (Yale: {{{2}}}) | 가 (Yale: {{{2}}}) |
| Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 | 빌 (Yale: {{{2}}}) | 가 (Yale: {{{2}}}) |
| Seokbong Cheonjamun, 1583 | 빌 (Yale: {{{2}}}) | 가 (Yale: {{{2}}}) |

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Hanja

Wikisource 假 (eumhun 거짓 가 (geojit ga))
* hanja form of 가 (“false, fake”)

##### Compounds

* 가가 (假家, gaga)
* 가골 (假骨, gagol)
* 가과 (假果, gagwa)
* 가관 (假官, gagwan)
* 가교 (假橋, gagyo)
* 가구 (假構, gagu)
* 가대 (假貸, gadae)
* 가도 (假道, gado)
* 가량 (假量, garyang)
* 가령 (假令, garyeong)
* 가면 (假面, gamyeon)
* 가명 (假名, gamyeong)
* 가발 (假髮, gabal)
* 가분 (假扮, gabun)
* 가불 (假拂, gabul)
* 가상 (假象, gasang)
* 가상 (假想, gasang)
* 가상 (假像, gasang)
* 가설 (假設, gaseol)
* 가설 (假說, gaseol)
* 가성 (假性, gaseong)
* 가수 (假數, gasu)
* 가식 (假飾, gasik)
* 가장 (假裝, gajang)
* 가정 (假定, gajeong)
* 가족 (假足, gajok)
* 가차 (假借, gacha)
* 가칭 (假稱, gaching)
* 가함 (假銜, gaham)
* 진가 (眞假, jin'ga)
* 가건물 (假建物, gageonmul)
* 가결의 (假決議, gagyeorui)
* 가계정 (假計定, gagyejeong)
* 가면극 (假面劇, gamyeon'geuk)
* 가상적 (假想敵, gasangjeok)
* 가석방 (假釋放, gaseokbang)
* 가수요 (假需要, gasuyo)
* 가압류 (假押留, gaamnyu)
* 가정법 (假定法, gajeongbeop)
* 가정적 (假定的, gajeongjeok)
* 가종피 (假種皮, gajongpi)
* 가처분 (假處分, gacheobun)
* 가감역관 (假監役官, gagamyeokgwan)
* 가도멸괵 (假道滅㶁, gadomyeolgoek)
* 가롱성진 (假弄成眞, garongseongjin)
* 가언판단 (假言判斷, ga'eonpandan)
* 가호위호 (假虎威狐, gahowiho)
* 농가성진 (弄假成眞, nonggaseongjin)
* 호가호위 (狐假虎威, hogahowi)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 假 / 遐 (MC hae).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ha̠]
* Phonetic hangul: [하]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 假 (eumhun 멀 하 (meol ha))
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 遐 (“hanja form of 하 (“afar; distant”)”)

### Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 假 / 格 (MC kak|kaek).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kjʌ̹k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [격]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 假 (eumhun 이를 격 (ireul gyeok))
* (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 格 (“hanja form of 격 (“to come; to arrive; to go to”)”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Tày
### Adjective

假 (transliteration needed)
* Nôm form of chá (“fake”).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

假: Hán Nôm readings: giả, giá, hạ, hà
* chữ Hán form of giả (“false, fake”).
* (only in compounds) chữ Hán form of giá, giả (“if, assuming”).

#### Compounds

* 假使 (giả sử)
* 假冒 (giả mạo)
* 假名 (giả danh)
* 假喻 (giá dụ)
* 假如 (giá như)
* 假定 (giả định)
* 假想 (giả tưởng)
* 假托 (giả thác)
* 假格 (giả cách)
* 假樣 (giả dạng)
* 假步 (giả bộ)
* 假猉 (giả cầy)
* 假設 (giả thiết)
* 假詐 (giả trá)
* 假說 (giả thuyết)
* 假造 (giả tạo)

### References

* 1 2 Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).