Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #1511

lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

fraud; swindle
misrepresentation; false statement
swindler; fraudster
defrauding; swindle
fraud; fraudulence
lying about one's age; misrepresentation of age
lie; untruth
marriage fraud; fake marriage
plan of fraud; scheme of deception
bank transfer scam; telephone banking fraud

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
smartphone app malware; Trojan horse app
online fraud
telephone fraud where the caller pretends to be a relative of the victim
clickbaiting; giving something a misleading title
phishing email; fraudulent email
organized crime group specializing in fraud (esp. bank transfer scams)
crab meat mail-order fraud
romance scam
to scam; to defraud

Example sentences

White collar crime has made American people trust the government less.

The plan was a masterpiece of fraud.

Deceive me once, and I will forgive you; deceive me twice, and you're a double-crosser.

A confidence man can talk his way into a girl's trust with ease.