詐

詐 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人尸 (YROS), four-corner 0861₁, composition ⿰訁乍)

• 𠁙, 𨐷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1154, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35373
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3954, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8A50

Historical forms of the character 詐
Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsraːɡs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 乍 (OC *zraːɡs).

詐

1. to cheat; to defraud; to swindle

   爾虞我詐／尔虞我诈  ―  ěryúwǒzhà  ―  to deceive each other

   • 盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     盟曰：「我无尔诈，尔无我虞。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Méng yuē: “Wǒ wú ěr zhà, ěr wú wǒ yú.”

     The covenant said, “We shall not defraud you, and you shall not deceive us.

2. to pretend; to feign

   詐病／诈病  ―  zhàbìng  ―  to feign illness

   • 將軍紀信乃乘王駕，詐為漢王，誑楚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     将军纪信乃乘王驾，诈为汉王，诳楚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jiāngjūn Jì Xìn nǎi chéng wángjià, zhà wèi hànwáng, kuáng chǔ.

     General Ji Xin rode the king's carriage, pretending to be the King of Han (Liu Bang) to deceive the Chu.

3. to bluff (someone) into giving information
4. (obsolete) pretty; charming; dignified; haughty; proud
5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 乍 (zhà, “suddenly”)

   • 此偏戰也，曷為以詐戰之辭言之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此偏战也，曷为以诈战之辞言之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

     Cǐ piānzhàn yě, hé wèi yǐ zhàzhàn zhī cí yán zhī?

     This was a positional war. Why does it then talk about it in terms of a surprise attack? (translation adapted from Gentz, 2015)

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru, 詐る)

詐 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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詐: Hán Nôm readings: trá, cha

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