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Japanese symbol for “deceiving”

Romaji: damashi
deceiving; cheating; fooling

In Japanese, deceiving is , read (damashi).

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Meanings

  1. n deceiving; cheating; fooling

Kanji and stroke order

deceive
on: ヘン
kun: かた.る、だま.す
19 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
だます damasuto trick; to cheat; to deceive
かたる kataruto swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of
かたり katariswindle; fraud
きへん kihendeception; deceit; cheating
だましあい damashiaicheating each other

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.