Kanji Detail for 譎 - "deceive, deception, strange"

譎

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
譎 means "deceive, deception, strange."
1. Deceive - To mislead; to trick.
2. Deception - A falsehood.
3. Strange - Peculiar; unusual.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

deceive

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cunning, crafty, sly, wily

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

deceitful

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

cunning, crafty, sly

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Deceitful. Endlessly changing and transforming so people cannot investigate is called 譎. Therefore complex and winding things are also called 譎. Such as 譎詭 (tricky), 紆譎 (circuitous and cunning).
Onyomi

ketsu(けつ)

kitsu(きつ)
Kunyomi

itsuwa.ru(いつわる)
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)
Related Keywords
deceive mislead trick deception falsehood strange peculiar unusual