Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (詐)
Simplified (诈)
Notes
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
詐
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
詐
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
詐
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
詐
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
詐
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
詐
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
詐
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
詐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
诈 / 詐 [zhà]
to cheat; to swindle; to pretend; to feign; to draw sb out; to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (32)
诈骗 [zhàpiàn] #6,491
to defraud
欺诈 [qīzhà] #7,410
to cheat
敲诈 [qiāozhà] #6,890
to rip off
敲诈勒索 [qiāozhàlèsuǒ] #20,307
extortion and blackmail (idiom)
诈骗罪 [zhàpiànzuì] #24,088
fraud
狡诈 [jiǎozhà] #16,987
craft
奸诈 [jiānzhà] #23,540
treachery
讹诈 [ézhà] #31,860
to extort under false pretenses
尔虞我诈 [ěryúwǒzhà] #54,011
lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. mutual deception
诈欺 [zhàqī] #40,699
fraud
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JAPANESE WORDS (40)
偽り [いつわり] #5,828
lie
⭐ 詐欺 [さぎ] #7,208
fraud
⭐ 偽る [いつわる] #7,418
to lie
⭐ 詐欺師 [さぎし] #14,236
swindler
⭐ 詐称 [さしょう] #42,128
misrepresentation
結婚詐欺 [けっこんさぎ] #45,218
marriage fraud
詐術 [さじゅつ] #49,744
swindling
振り込め詐欺 [ふりこめさぎ] #63,347
remittance fraud
詐欺罪 [さぎざい] #65,625
fraud
⭐ 詐取 [さしゅ] #92,603
defrauding
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KOREAN WORDS (2)