诈
to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
诈 character breakdown
at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling
Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a head with a Mohawk haircut facing towards the left.
James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
Characters with 诈 as component
诈
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 诈
lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
there can never be too much deception in war / in war nothing is too deceitful / all's fair in war
the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy
Sentences with 诈
诈 currently does not appear in any sentence.