诳

诳 · kuáng

deceive, lie, delude, cheat

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

deceive, lie, delude, cheat

Mandarin
kuáng
Cantonese
gwong2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8BF3
Radical
讠 · 149
Strokes
9 · Unihan
Residual
7

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

9 strokes
诳
Strokes
9
Convention
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9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰讠狂(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 诳

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

誑

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
kuáng
kCantonese
gwong2
kDefinition
deceive, lie, delude, cheat
kTotalStrokes
9
kRSUnicode
149'.7
kTraditionalVariant
U+8A91
kTGH
2013:4372

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
kuáng 0660.010
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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 诳0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
讠 beside 狂 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰讠狂$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰讠狂$(G)

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