# 擬 sham

(handleft) + 疑 (doubt)
★☆☆☆☆
17 strokes
BETA ILL PAIR
This one is different from fake (偽) :it doesn't mean counterfeit or phony. It means sham as in a practice test, or a mock trial, or the model home in ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT where all the fruit in the kitchen was plastic. In other words, 擬 means a sham that is a mock-up or a model - it's not meant to fool anyone.

## Onyomi

GI |

## Mnemonic

| You raise your hand up like, "Waaaait a minute, I doubt that you are real GEEse. Judging by your cardboard feathers and paste-on googly eyes, you are some motherfucking sham geese."

## Jukugo

擬態語(ぎたいご) | emotional sound-effect ★☆☆☆☆ 1/2 KANA 擬 (sham) + 態 (looks like) + 語 (language) = 擬態語 (emotional sound-effect) 擬態語 is a　very Japanese concept - a sound effect for something that doesn't make noise - usually emotional states. The only English example of 擬態語 I can think of is ' bling.'
擬似(ぎじ) XXX | quasi ★☆☆☆☆ PRE 擬 (sham) + 似 (resemble) = 擬似 (quasi) PREFIX meaning 'quasi-XXX'
擬音語(ぎおんご) | Onomatopoeia! ★☆☆☆☆ 1/2 KANA 擬 (sham) + 音 (sound) + 語 (language) = 擬音語 (Onomatopoeia!) Onomatopoeia!!!! Sound-effect words. in English, that means words like 'slap' 'smack' or 'splash.'