漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
欺: deceit, cheat
Also: delude
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 其(sound)
- 欠to lack(meaning)
欠 carries the meaning · 其 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ギgi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 詐欺さぎfraud; swindle; graft
- 詐欺師さぎしswindler; fraudster; trickster
あざむくazamuku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 欺くあざむくto deceive; to delude; to trick
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at that wide-open mouth! Someone is either so tired they are yawning (akubi) or they are gasping because they are in a state of "lack."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
其
Also built on 其
欺 takes the 其 family's reading, キ (ki).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side欺 deceit · 欠
vs棋 chess piece · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qī
Same form: 欺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 欺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 欺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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