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Translingual
Han character
欺 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金弓人 (TCNO), four-corner 47882, composition ⿰其欠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 568, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16097
- Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2142, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6B3A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 基
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*kɯ
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| 箕
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*kɯ
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| 朞
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*kɯ
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| 稘
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*kɯ
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| 萁
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 期
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 諅
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*kɯ, *ɡɯs
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| 其
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 錤
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 諆
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*kɯ, *kʰɯ
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| 欺
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*kʰɯ
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| 娸
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*kʰɯ
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| 魌
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*kʰɯ
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| 僛
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*kʰɯ
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| 唭
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*kʰɯs
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| 棋
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*ɡɯ
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| 旗
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*ɡɯ
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| 淇
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*ɡɯ
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| 祺
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*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 琪
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*ɡɯ
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| 騏
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*ɡɯ
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| 綦
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*ɡɯ
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| 麒
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*ɡɯ
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| 蜞
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*ɡɯ
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| 綨
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*ɡɯ
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| 蜝
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*ɡɯ
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| 棊
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*ɡɯ
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| 碁
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*ɡɯ
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| 鯕
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*ɡɯ
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| 踑
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*ɡɯ
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| 藄
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*ɡɯ
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| 櫀
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*ɡɯ
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| 璂
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*ɡɯ
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| 禥
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*ɡɯ
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| 惎
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*ɡɯs
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| 帺
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*ɡɯs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 欠 (“breath”)
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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欺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰ(r)ə/
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| English
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to deceive, cheat
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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欺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9940
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Phonetic
component
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其
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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欺
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰɯ/
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Definitions
欺
- to cheat; to deceive
- 欺騙／欺骗 ― qīpiàn ― to deceive; to cheat
- 欺詐／欺诈 ― qīzhà ― to deceive; to cheat; to swindle; to defraud
- 自欺欺人 ― zìqīqīrén ― to deceive oneself as well as others; to fool oneself and others
- to bully
- 欺負／欺负 ― qīfù ― to bully; to push around; to pick on; to tease; to kid; to rib
- 仗勢欺人／仗势欺人 ― zhàngshìqīrén ― to rely on one's power to bully others; to throw one's weight around
- † to excel; to surpass; to be better than
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
欺
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
欺 (eumhun 속일 기 (sogil gi))
- Hanja form? of 기 (“cheat, doublecross, deceive”).
Vietnamese
Han character
欺: Hán Nôm readings: khi
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