deceive

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 欺 has 12 strokes and conveys deceiving someone.
• Basic usage: 欺く is read あざむく, and 詐欺 is read さぎ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Deceiving someone and suffering fraud
  • 王を欺いた means that someone deceived the king.
  • を marks the person deceived.
  • 詐欺の被害に遭い means suffering harm from fraud and then continuing.
• The verb's linking form
  • 欺いて is the linking form of 欺く, with final く changing to いて.