谎 (huǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “lie”. It is written from 讠 (speech radical) and 荒 (wasteland; barren), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.
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Structure
讠 + 荒
Left–right structure
Structure from: IDS (cjkvi-ids: ⿰讠荒) + makemeahanzi decomposition/etymology (semantic 讠, phonetic 荒), checked against hanzi-writer-data strokes 0-1 / 2-10
Memory aid
Speech (讠) as empty as a barren wasteland (荒) — nothing true grows there. That is a lie.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 说谎shuō huǎngto tell a lie; to lie谎 = huǎng
- 谎言huǎng yánlie; falsehood谎 = huǎng
- 扯谎chě huǎngto tell a lie; to lie谎 = huǎngspoken asché huǎng
Go deeper
All readings
lie; falsehood
lie; falsehood; untrue words
不真实的话；假话。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 说谎shuō huǎngto tell a lie; to lie谎 = huǎng
- 谎言huǎng yánlie; falsehood谎 = huǎng
- 扯谎chě huǎngto tell a lie; to lie谎 = huǎngspoken asché huǎng
Sound component
荒 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 谎 mean?
谎 (huǎng) means lie; falsehood; untrue words.
How do you pronounce 谎?
It is pronounced huǎng.
What parts is 谎 made of?
讠 (speech radical) and 荒 (wasteland; barren), side by side. The recorded source is: IDS (cjkvi-ids: ⿰讠荒) + makemeahanzi decomposition/etymology (semantic 讠, phonetic 荒), checked against hanzi-writer-data strokes 0-1 / 2-10. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 谎 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 谎?
讠. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 谎?
Common ones are 说谎, 谎言, 扯谎. The reading of 谎 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.