假

jià
#635 most
frequent character
vacation

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

假 uses 亻 person as meaning part and 叚 jiǎ as sound part. It first meant to borrow. From there it grew to substitute, fake or false, and supposing. Read jià, it also means time off or vacation.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

假gēi
used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]
HSK 4
假jiǎ
fake, false, artificial, to borrow

Homophones

HSK 5
嫁jià
(of a woman) to marry
架jià
frame, rack, shelf, stand
价jià
price, value
驾jià
to drive
夹jià
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]

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