謀
conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive
Readings
On'yomi
- ボウ
- ム
Kun'yomi
- はか.る
- たばか.る
- はかりごと
Meaning
謀 centers on using words or thoughts to craft a hidden plan, often with a negative edge: conspiring, scheming, or deceiving. The broader sense of planning or devising something in one's mind is a natural extension of that same idea.
Most common words using 謀
20 of 59- 陰謀いんぼう
plot; intrigue; scheme
- 共謀きょうぼう
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
- 無謀むぼうN1
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
- 参謀さんぼう
staff officer; military staff
- 首謀しゅぼう
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue)
- 謀略ぼうりゃく
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
- 謀反むほん
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
- 策謀さくぼう
strategy; artifice
- 謀はかりごと
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
- 謀るたばかる
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; to take in; to dupe; to deceive
- 謀殺ぼうさつ
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
- 謀議ぼうぎ
plot; conspiracy; conference
- 権謀術数けんぼうじゅっすう
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
- 予謀よぼう
premeditation; aforethought
- 共同謀議きょうどうぼうぎ
conspiracy
- 共謀共同正犯きょうぼうきょうどうせいはん
criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning of a crime, but not its execution)
- 共謀罪きょうぼうざい
(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
- 共謀者きょうぼうしゃ
conspirator; accomplice
- 参謀本部さんぼうほんぶ
General Staff Headquarters
- 参謀本部情報総局さんぼうほんぶじょうほうそうきょく
Chief Administration for Intelligence
Study
Etymology
謀 combines 言 (words) with 某, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something hidden or unspecified, together suggesting secretive talk or planning.
Meaning mnemonic
Words (言) beside a hidden or unspecified thing (某) create the image of whispered plans and secret schemes. Picture someone leaning close to speak in hushed tones, plotting a conspiracy.
Reading mnemonic
For ボウ, imagine a conspirator tying a bow around a secret plan: bow -> ボウ, and the words (言) seal the scheme.