jué
cunning
A bright 矞 wit 言; 矞 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[C.q]ʷˤi[t] | kwet | jué | treacherous; deceive |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4819th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8B4E |
Shuowen | “譎,權詐也。益梁曰:‘謬欺天下曰譎。’从言,矞聲。” |
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