欺 (qī) — to cheat, deceive; to bully

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

欺 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

欺＝其＋欠

ㄑㄧ · qī

verb — to cheat, deceive; to bully

字源 FORM — what the parts do

其聲qí — gives the sounda winnowing basket on a stand

Tqí → qī — the tone shifted off the donor

欠義a person with mouth open — words, breath

其 qí, the sound, beside an open mouth (欠) — the breath shaped into false words. To cheat, to deceive: 欺騙. From deceiving the weak, to bully: 欺負, 欺凌. 其 carries the sound, the tone shifted to qī. 其 also frames 期 qī, 旗 qí.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

嘴一張（欠），吐出的全是假的（其給聲）——欺。

The mouth opens (欠) and out comes nothing true — to cheat.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)欺騙、詐欺— to cheat, deceive常用

→欺負、欺凌— to bully, push around常用

⇒欺生、欺軟怕硬— to take advantage of the weak

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension