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诡 meaning and stroke order

guǐ

To cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous

8 strokesRadical 讠Traditional 詭
Strokes8
Pinyinguǐ
ToneTone 3
Frequency#2,368
Printable worksheet

How to write 诡, stroke by stroke

8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 诡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

guǐthird tone (dipping)
  1. (bound form) sly; crafty
  2. (literary) weird; bizarre
  3. (literary) contradictory; inconsistent

How 诡 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Speech.

yánwords+wēidangerous

讠 gives the meaning and 危 hints at the sound.

Radical: 讠 (words), shared by 144 characters on this site.

How to remember 诡

诡 combines 讠 (speech) with 危 (wēi, danger), which also hints at the sound. Think of words that sound friendly but carry danger: sly, tricky talk.

诡 is a bound form, so it appears inside words rather than alone. The most common are 诡计 (guǐjì, trick) and 诡异 (guǐyì, eerie, weird). Example: 这个房子有点诡异。(Zhège fángzi yǒudiǎn guǐyì.) This house is a little creepy.

Common mistake: Learners often read 诡 as wēi because of the phonetic 危, but it is guǐ in the third tone. It is also easy to confuse with 鬼 (guǐ, ghost), which has the same sound but a different shape and meaning.

Common words with 诡

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
诡异guǐyìstrange; weird
诡计guǐjìtrick; ruse

诡 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

天tiān黑hēi之zhī后hòu，景jǐng色sè变biàn得de诡guǐ异yì阴yīn森sēn。
When it got dark, the scenery became strange and spooky.
我wǒ是shì不bú会huì被bèi她tā的de诡guǐ计jì骗piàn倒dào的de。
I refuse to be taken in by her guile.
这zhè是shì一yī段duàn诡guǐ异yì的de旋xuán律lǜ。
This is a singable melody.
听tīng起qǐ来lái非fēi常cháng诡guǐ异yì啊a！
That sounds really weird!
德dé国guó人rén诡guǐ计jì多duō端duān。
The Germans are very crafty.

Questions about 诡

How many strokes are in 诡?

诡 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 诡 mean?

诡 (guǐ) means to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous. A common word with it is 诡异 (guǐyì), meaning "strange; weird".

How do you pronounce 诡?

诡 is pronounced guǐ, in the third tone (dipping).

What is the radical of 诡?

The radical of 诡 is 讠, which carries the idea of "words". Dictionaries list 诡 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 诡?

The traditional form of 诡 is 詭. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 诡 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.

What is the difference between 诡异 and 奇怪?

奇怪 (qíguài) is a neutral, everyday word for strange or odd. 诡异 suggests something eerie or unsettling, as if something hidden or sinister is going on.

Can I use 诡 by itself in a sentence?

Not in normal modern speech. Use a compound like 诡计 or 诡异, or a related set phrase such as 诡计多端 (guǐjì duōduān, full of tricks).