欺

欺 U+6B3A, 欺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B3A ← 欹 [U+6B39] CJK Unified Ideographs 欻 → [U+6B3B]

Translingual

Han character

欺 (radical 76, 欠+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金弓人 (TCNO), four-corner 4788₂, composition ⿰其欠)

1. cheat, doublecross, deceive

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		欺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
    • Tâi-lô: khi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɨ/

Rime
Character	欺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去其切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨ/
Li Rong	/kʰiə/
Wang Li	/kʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰ(r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī
Middle Chinese	‹ khi ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰ(r)ə/
English	to deceive, cheat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9940
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	欺
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯ/

Definitions

欺

1. 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

2. 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

3. (literary) to excel; to surpass; to be better than

Compounds

• 不敢欺
• 不欺暗室 (bùqī'ànshì)
• 仗勢欺人／仗势欺人 (zhàngshìqīrén)
• 倚富欺貧／倚富欺贫
• 倚強欺弱／倚强欺弱 (yǐqiáng qī ruò)
• 傲雪欺霜
• 好欺負／好欺负
• 怕硬欺軟／怕硬欺软
• 恃強欺弱／恃强欺弱
• 明欺暗騙／明欺暗骗
• 暗室不欺
• 暗室可欺
• 欺三瞞四／欺三瞒四
• 欺上罔下
• 欺世亂俗／欺世乱俗
• 欺世惑俗
• 欺世盜名／欺世盗名 (qīshìdàomíng)
• 欺世罔俗
• 欺世釣譽／欺世钓誉
• 欺主罔上
• 欺人之談／欺人之谈
• 欺人太甚 (qīréntàishèn)
• 欺人自欺
• 欺以其方

• 欺侮 (qīwǔ)
• 欺公罔法
• 欺凌 (qīlíng)
• 欺君 (qījūn)
• 欺君罔上 (qījūnwǎngshàng)
• 欺君誤國／欺君误国
• 欺善怕惡／欺善怕恶 (qīshànpà'è)
• 欺壓／欺压 (qīyā)
• 欺大壓小／欺大压小
• 欺天罔人
• 欺天罔地 (qī tiān wǎng dì)
• 欺天誑地／欺天诳地
• 欺師滅祖／欺师灭祖
• 欺心
• 欺心誑上／欺心诳上
• 欺生 (qīshēng)
• 欺瞞／欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺瞞夾帳／欺瞒夹帐
• 欺矇／欺蒙
• 欺罔
• 欺虐
• 欺行霸市
• 欺詐／欺诈 (qīzhà)
• 欺誑／欺诳

• 欺誕／欺诞
• 欺誣／欺诬
• 欺謾／欺谩
• 欺負／欺负 (qīfu)
• 欺軟怕硬／欺软怕硬
• 欺辱
• 欺陵
• 欺隱／欺隐
• 欺霜傲雪
• 欺騙／欺骗 (qīpiàn)
• 欺魄
• 盜名欺世／盗名欺世
• 瞞上欺下／瞒上欺下
• 童叟無欺／童叟无欺
• 老少無欺／老少无欺
• 臉欺膩玉／脸欺腻玉
• 自欺 (zìqī)
• 自欺欺人 (zìqīqīrén)
• 詐欺／诈欺 (zhàqī)
• 詐欺罪／诈欺罪
• 詭辭欺世／诡辞欺世
• 誤國欺君／误国欺君
• 釣名欺世／钓名欺世

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Japanese

Kanji

欺

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kan’yō-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kun: あざむく (azamuku, 欺く, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

欺 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

欺 (khi)

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