Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 欺

欺

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Meaning

 cheat, fox, deceive

Pronunciation

 GI
azamuku

Explanation

 Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing, by throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods {thus used in period 期} to separate the grain from the husk), right: lack/fault 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic

A grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated!

Radicals

其 grain shovel/scoop(winnowing fan)
欠 deficiency(The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency.)
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Vocabulary

欺く あざむく to deceive
詐欺 さぎ fraud/swindle

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