瞒骗
mán​piàn

deceive

瞒 mán deceive Simplified

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

艹
艹 Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
两
两 Unknown component
liǎng two

說文解字

平目也。从目㒼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

骗 piàn swindle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騙.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

瞞 mán deceive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 㒼 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
㒼
㒼 Sound component
mán equal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmanmˤ[o][r]be deceived
Zhengzhangmoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

騙 piàn swindle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjienHphen(ʔ)-s to fool, to cheat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart