Chinese character 诳

诳 means “deceive” or “lie.” In Mandarin it sounds roughly like “kwahng,” with a rising tone; pinyin writes it kuáng. 诳语 means “false speech.” Dictionaries still record a regional noun sense “a lie” as of 2026.

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What 诳 means

It means to deceive, mislead, or lie.

The left speech element 讠 is the simplified form of 言; 狂 hints at the sound.

The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, glosses 誑 as “deceive.”

How did its use develop?

Its core meaning stayed stable as compounds carried it forward.

Early Chinese examples use it for deceiving children, rulers, or armies; later 诳语 appears in Tang and Ming texts.

Literary and sharp; 骗 is plainer in everyday Mandarin.

It can sound like calling someone a liar.

Who writes 诳

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Questions people ask

Why does 诳 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.