Memory phrase for the character: 诈


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Meaning

to cheat, to swindle, to pretend, deceit

Pronunciation

zhà

Explanation

Left: word 讠/言, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)

Mnemonic


 
If the words are sawed (=fiddled), the person is cheating.

Radicals

wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
suddenly, for the first timeThe saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.
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 Vocabulary

诈骗 zhà piàn  to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail
欺诈 qī zhà  to cheat
讹诈 é zhà  to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud
诡诈 guǐ zhà  sly; treacherous
狡诈 jiǎo zhà  craft; cunning; deceitful
诈唬 zhà hu  to threaten and deceive; bluff; bluster
诈唬 zhà hu  


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