See also: 欺𥈞 and 欺瞒

Chinese edit

take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat conceal from
trad. (欺瞞)
simp. (欺瞒)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

欺瞞

  1. to deceive; to dupe

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
まん
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon goon
Alternative spellings
欺𥈞 (extended shinjitai)
欺謾 (rare)

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 欺瞞 (MC khi man, literally “cheat, bully + lie, conceal”).

First cited to a text from 1477.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(まん) (gimanぎまん (giman)?

  1. [from 1477] deception, deceit
    ()(まん)(かみ)、フィナックス
    Giman no Kami, Finakkusu
    Phenax, God of Deception

Verb edit

()(まん)する (giman suruぎまん (giman)?suru (stem ()(まん) (giman shi), past ()(まん)した (giman shita))

  1. [from 1477] to deceive, to dupe

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

欺瞞 (giman) (hangeul 기만)

  1. Hanja form? of 기만 (deception, deceit, humblebrag).