欺
to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,850 U+6B3A
How 欺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
欠 (semantic, “lack”) + 其 (phonetic, qí)
How to remember it
dupe · Heisig RSH #2736
hamper + yawn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 其
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 其 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound component | qí | his, her, its, their; that |
| 基 | jī | foundation, base |
| 期 | qī | a period of time; date, time; phase |
| 旗 | qí | banner, flag, streamer |
| 棋 | qí | chess; any strategy game |
| 淇 | qí | a river in Henan province |
| 箕 | jī | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 麒 | qí | mythical unicorn |
| 祺 | qí | good luck, good fortune |
| 萁 | qí | pulses, legumes |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; variegated; superlative |
| 骐 | qí | piebald horse; excellent horse |
| 蜞 | qí | lightfoot crab; worm, leech |
| 鲯 | qí | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |
Words containing 欺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打狗欺主 | dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ | to beat a dog and bully its owner; fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordina… |
| 老少无欺 | lǎo shào wú qī | cheating neither old nor young; treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our… |
| 欺以其方 | qī yǐ qí fāng | deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom) |
| 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 | Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī | the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy… |
| 欺行霸市 | qī háng bà shì | (idiom) to dominate the market through unfair, coercive or monopolistic practices |
| 欺世盗名 | qī shì dào míng | (idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name |
| 自欺欺人 | zì qī qī rén | to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies |
| 欺生 | qī shēng | to cheat strangers; to bully strangers; (of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with un… |
| 自欺 | zì qī | to deceive oneself |
| 朋友妻不可欺 | péng you qī bù kě qī | you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom) |
| 可欺 | kě qī | gullible; easily bullied; weak |
| 欺人太甚 | qī rén tài shèn | (idiom) to bully intolerably |
| 欺男霸女 | qī nán bà nǚ | to oppress the people; to act tyrannically |
| 仗势欺人 | zhàng shì qī rén | to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around |
| 欺压 | qī yā | to bully; to push around |
| 欺蒙 | qī méng | to deceive; to dupe |
| 瞒上欺下 | mán shàng qī xià | to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) |
| 网络欺诈 | wǎng luò qī zhà | phishing |
| 欺诈者 | qī zhà zhě | deceiver |
| 欺负 | qī fu | to bully |