詐

See also: 诈

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠁙, 𨐷

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		詐
simp.		诈

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhà, zhǎ (zha⁴, zha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ, ㄓㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cha
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chà / chè / chèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhà
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴
    • Yale: jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎ
    • Wade–Giles: cha³
    • Yale: jǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä²¹⁴/

Note: zhǎ - Taiwan, “to bluff someone into giving information”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaa³
    • Yale: ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cha
    • Hakka Romanization System: za
    • Hagfa Pinyim: za⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chà
    • Tâi-lô: tsà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sa²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chè
    • Tâi-lô: tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèe
    • Tâi-lô: tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ²¹/

Note: chà - literary, chè/chèe - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: tsraeH

Rime
Character	詐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側駕切
Baxter	tsraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃaH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤrak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhà
Middle Chinese	‹ tsraeH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁrak-s/
English	treacherous
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	詐
Reading #	1/1
No.	16645
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 詐

1. to cheat; to defraud; to swindle
2. to pretend; to feign
3. to bluff (someone) into giving information
4. ^† pretty; charming; dignified; haughty; proud
5. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 乍 (zhà, “suddenly”).

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Japanese

Kanji

詐

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 詐 (trá, cha)

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