詐

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

• 𠁙, 𨐷

• 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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraːɡs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 乍 (OC *zraːɡs).

詐

1. to cheat; to defraud; to swindle

   爾虞我詐／尔虞我诈  ―  ěryúwǒzhà  ―  to deceive each other

   • 盟曰：「我無爾詐，爾無我虞。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     盟曰：“我无尔诈，尔无我虞。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Méng yuē: “Wǒ wú ěr zhà, ěr wú wǒ yú.” [Pinyin]

     The covenant said, “We shall not defraud you, and you shall not deceive us.

2. to pretend; to feign

   詐病／诈病  ―  zhàbìng  ―  to feign illness

   • 將軍紀信乃乘王駕，詐為漢王，誑楚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     将军纪信乃乘王驾，诈为汉王，诳楚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jiāngjūn Jì Xìn nǎi chéng wángjià, zhà wèi hànwáng, kuáng chǔ. [Pinyin]

     General Ji Xin rode the king's carriage, pretending to be the King of Han (Liu Bang) to deceive the Chu.

3. to bluff (someone) into giving information
4. (obsolete) pretty; charming; dignified; haughty; proud
5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 乍 (zhà, “suddenly”)

   • 此偏戰也，曷為以詐戰之辭言之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     此偏战也，曷为以诈战之辞言之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

     Cǐ piānzhàn yě, hé wèi yǐ zhàzhàn zhī cí yán zhī? [Pinyin]

     This was a positional war. Why does it then talk about it in terms of a surprise attack? (translation adapted from Gentz, 2015)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

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

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詐: Hán Nôm readings: trá, cha

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