12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

deceit, cheat, delude

Kun'yomi
  • to deceive ②to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

60.9%
あざむ 39.1%

Character Breakdown

deceit, cheat, delude
ギ あざむ.く (8th, N1)
that
キ ゴ それ (Kentei Pre-1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

to deceive ②to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
fraud ②saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it
deception ②military deception
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References

Unicode hex code 6B3A
JIS X 0208 1-21-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2419
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2939
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1703
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2138
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1119
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1519
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1762
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1899
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1465
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1397
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 16097
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1136
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1499
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1598
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1448
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1556
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1623
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1124
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1778
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4j8.1
Four corner code 4788.2
De Roo Code 1962