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Japanese symbol for “defrauding”

Romaji: sashu
defrauding; swindle

In Japanese, defrauding is , read (sashu).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt defrauding; swindle

Kanji and stroke order

lie, falsehood, deceive
on: サ
kun: いつわ.る
12 strokes · JLPT 1
take, fetch, take up
on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “defrauding”

WordReadingMeaning
さがい sagaifraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さぎ sagifraud; swindle; graft
さしょう sashoumisrepresentation; false statement
さじゅつ sajutsuswindling
さぎし sagishiswindler; fraudster; trickster
さがい sagaifraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury
とりひき torihikitransactions; dealings; business
かいとり kaitoripurchase; buying; buying out
しゅとく shutokuobtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of)

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.