詐 – lie, falsehood, deceive

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The kanji 詐 means lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サ (sa); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いつわ.る (itsuwaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サ	sa
Kun’yomi	いつわ.る	itsuwaru

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: ｜・ノ・言.

Words using 詐

詐欺さぎfraud

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

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