赝

赝 · yàn

false; counterfeit; bogus; sham

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yàn
Cantonese
ngaan6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

false; counterfeit; bogus; sham

Dictionary definitions & readings

赝 yàn · variant of 贗 yàn

赝 yàn · false

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1332.050:yàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
424.210:yàn Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MOGO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7128 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1213.211 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8D5D
Radical
贝 · 154
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6073

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
赝
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

贋 · 贗

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
63657.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63657.150
kIRGKangXi
1213.211
kKangXi
1213.211
kCangjie
MOGO
kFourCornerCode
7128
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-584D
kRSUnicode
154'.12
kTotalStrokes
16
kCCCII
275A3C
kEACC
275A3C
kGB0
5645
kMainlandTelegraph
6372
kTGH
2013:6073
kCantonese
ngaan6
kDefinition
false; counterfeit; bogus; sham
kMandarin
yàn
kTGHZ2013
424.210:yàn
kXHC1983
1332.050:yàn
kTraditionalVariant
U+8D0B U+8D17

Sentences in context

Find examples using 赝 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 赝0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
雁 wraps around 贝 from the upper left · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿸雁贝$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 3 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸雁贝$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.