欺 – deceit, cheat, delude

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1541 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 欺 means deceit, cheat, delude. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ (gi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あざむ.く (azamuku). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 欠 (no. 76).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi
Kun’yomi	あざむ.く	azamuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 欠 (Kangxi radical 76). Components: 甘・欠・ハ.

Words using 欺

詐欺さぎfraud欺くあざむくto deceive

Example sentences

私の知る限り、彼はその詐欺の企みには関与していません。

To my knowledge, he has not been involved in the fraud scheme.

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Kanji with the same radical

次欧歌欠欲歓

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