诡
guǐ

deceive

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

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

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