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Kanji Detail for 欺 - "to deceive"

  • Meaning

    欺 means "to deceive." Also associated with to belittle.

    1. To deceive - To trick; to fool.

    2. To belittle - To look down on; to underestimate.

  • Words using

    • 詐欺 さぎ Listen fraud; swindle; graft
    • 欺く あざむく Listen to deceive; to delude; to trick
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 自己欺瞞 じこぎまん Listen self-deception; self-deceit
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: to deceive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to belittle
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    deceit; cheat; delude

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cheat, double-cross, deceive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive

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

    To deceive. Equivalent to colloquial "cheating." Also, deceiving one's own conscience is called self-deception (自欺). | To bully. As in being bullied by others is 欺負 (to bully).
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • He is above deceiving others.

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