詐

Kanji
詐
Level
N1
Meaning
Deceit, fraud
On'yomi
サ
Kun'yomi
いつわ.る
Strokes
12
Common compounds

詐欺 (さぎ) Fraud 詐称 (さしょう) Misrepresentation 詐取 (さしゅ) Swindling

Memory hook

The 'word' radical (言) combined with 'make' or 'do' (乍 - phonetic component). 'Deceit' involves using 'words' to 'make' things seem like what they are not.

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