Japanese symbol for “trick”
詐欺
さぎ
Romaji: sagi
fraud; swindle; graft; cheating
In Japanese, trick is 詐欺, read さぎ (sagi).
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Meanings
- n fraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam
- n saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “trick”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手 | て te | means; way; trick |
| 手口 | てぐち teguchi | modus operandi; criminal technique; trick |
| 騙す | だます damasu | to trick; to cheat; to deceive |
| 策略 | さくりゃく sakuryaku | stratagem; artifice; trick |
| 秘訣 | ひけつ hiketsu | secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詐称 | さしょう sashou | misrepresentation; false statement |
| 詐取 | さしゅ sashu | defrauding; swindle |
| 詐術 | さじゅつ sajutsu | swindling |
| 詐欺師 | さぎし sagishi | swindler; fraudster; trickster |
| 詐害 | さがい sagai | fraud; defrauding; fraudulent injury |
| 欺瞞 | ぎまん giman | deception; deceit |
| 欺く | あざむく azamuku | to deceive; to delude; to trick |
| 欺罔 | きもう kimou | deception; defrauding someone; fooling someone |
See also: Chinese symbol for “trick”.
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.