Chinese Character 诈 Meanings and components.

Form

诈

Meaning

诈 meaning[3] in English

To Cheat.

To Swindle.

To Pretend.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 诈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and at first (乍)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVOS

How to write 诈

To write诈zha4to cheat you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 乍zha4at first arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 乍 = 诈

诈 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 诈 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 诈, looks as follow:

诈
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cheat . To Swindle . To Pretend . To Feign . To Draw Sb Out . To Try To Extract Information By Deceit Or Bluff
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
乍
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: At First . Suddenly . Abruptly . To Spread . (Of Hair) To Stand On End . Bristling

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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