诡 guǐ to cheat
to cheat; to defraud
How to remember 诡: 讠 words + 危 dangerous = to cheat. The online seller's sweet words hide something dangerous, a fake shop set up to cheat people out of their savings.
Component breakdown
诡 = 讠 words + 危 dangerous
- 讠 words
- 危 dangerous
- 厃 dangerous
- 㔾 crouching person
The online seller's sweet words hide something dangerous, a fake shop set up to cheat people out of their savings.
How it is used
- 'Deceitful / strange and cunning' - 诡计 (guǐjì) a crafty scheme, 诡辩 (guǐbiàn) sophistry/casuistry, 诡异 (guǐyì) eerie/bizarre, 诡秘 (guǐmì) secretive and mysterious.
- Splits between 'trickery' (诡计, 诡辩) and 'uncanny/weird' (诡异); both carry a shady, unsettling edge.