诡谲
guǐ​jué

deceitful

诡 guǐ deceive Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 危 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詭.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

危
危 Sound component
wēi dangerous

Sources

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谲 jué cunning Simplified

A bright 矞 wit 讠; 矞 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
矞
矞 SoundMeaning component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詭 guǐ deceive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 危 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
危
危 Sound component
wēi dangerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjweX[k](r)ojʔperverse
Zhengzhangkrolʔ

說文解字

責也。从言危聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

譎 cunning Traditional

A bright 矞 wit 言; 矞 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
矞
矞 SoundMeaning component
yù, jué, xù bore with awl

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwet[C.q]ʷˤi[t]treacherous; deceive
Zhengzhangkʷiːd

說文解字

權詐也。益、梁曰謬欺，天下曰譎。从言矞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)