欺
deceit, cheat, delude
Readings
On'yomi
- ギ
Kun'yomi
- あざむ.く
Meaning
欺 centers on intentional deception: tricking someone through deceit, cheating, or deluding them into believing something false.
Most common words using 欺
20 of 39- 詐欺さぎN2
fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam
- 欺くあざむくN1
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to fool
- 欺瞞ぎまん
deception; deceit
- 欺詐ぎさ
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax
- 詐欺師さぎし
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
- アポ電詐欺アポでんさぎ
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
- オレオレ詐欺おれおれさぎ
phone scam involving a pretended relative
- カニカニ詐欺カニカニさぎ
crab meat mail-order fraud
- タイトル詐欺タイトルさぎ
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
- ナイジェリア詐欺ナイジェリアさぎ
Nigerian fraud; 419 fraud
- ネット詐欺ネットさぎ
online fraud
- フィッシング詐欺フィッシングさぎ
phishing
- ロマンス詐欺ロマンスさぎ
romance scam
- ワンクリック詐欺ワンクリックさぎ
one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique used by spammers)
- ワン切り詐欺ワンぎりさぎ
one-ring fraud (attempt to encourage a return call to a fraudster's number)
- 信用詐欺しんようさぎ
confidence game
- 取り込み詐欺とりこみさぎ
confidence trick
- 寸借詐欺すんしゃくさぎ
petty swindling; petty swindler
- 年齢詐欺ねんれいさぎ
lying about one's age; age fabrication
- 振り込め詐欺ふりこめさぎ
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
Study
Etymology
欺 combines 其 (a winnowing basket, here likely used phonetically for 'gi') with 欠 (open mouth, suggesting breath or speech), together conveying the idea of speaking falsely or deceiving.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 其 looks like a basket, and the right side 欠 is a person with an open mouth. Imagine someone hiding behind a basket, speaking lies to cheat you.
Reading mnemonic
For ギ, picture a deceitful person giving you a fake key: key -> ギ, but the key opens nothing because it's a trick.