诈
詐zhà
#2,398 most
frequent character
to cheat, to swindle, to pretend
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
诈 zhà has 讠 speech as meaning part and 乍 zhà as sound part. It first meant to cheat or take advantage. That grew to pretend or feign, and then to get information dishonestly.
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