The kanji 欺 primarily conveys the meaning of deception, deceit, or to defraud. It implies an action of misleading someone, often with the intention of tricking or taking advantage of them. It suggests a lack of honesty and the use of false information or manipulation.

・On-yomi (音読み): ギ（gi） ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あざむ（く）（azam（uku））

⚫︎欺瞞（ぎまん）（giman） Translation: Deception; fraud; deceit ⚫︎欺く（あざむく）（azamuku） Translation: To deceive; to trick ⚫︎詐欺罪（さぎざい）（sagizai） Translation: Fraud; swindling

The kanji 欺 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It is composed of two parts: the radical 欠（けつ, ketsu), which is on the left side, and the phonetic component 其（き, ki) on the right side. The radical 欠 (ketsu), originally represented the human mouth and breath, gradually evolved to mean "lacking" or "deficiency." In this case, it suggests the idea of "a lack of truth." The phonetic component 其（ki） provides the sound, while 欠（ketsu) contributes to the meaning, creating the compound that signifies the act of deceiving or misleading.