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欺

qī

cheat, deceive

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components
其 sound component

其  Sound component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

欠 meaning component

欠  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

Evolution

欺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
欺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
欺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
欺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

欺  

qī

cheat, double-cross, deceive; to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat

Most common words with 欺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

欺骗

to deceive

欺负

to bully

欺诈

to cheat

欺

to deceive

自欺欺人

to believe one's own lies

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰ(r)ə

khi

qī

to deceive, cheat


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 20.5991% of movies

1474th most common character in movies

1699th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6B3A

Shuowen

“欺，詐欺也。从欠，其聲。”


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