诡

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(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory; inconsistent

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 危 sound ( wēi )

Components 讠危

deceitful · Heisig RSH #2457

words + 危 danger

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
诡计多端	guǐ jì duō duān	deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous; full of craft and cunning
阴谋诡计	yīn móu guǐ jì	crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
诡辩家	guǐ biàn jiā	sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
诡辩术	guǐ biàn shù	specious arguments; sophistry
诡计	guǐ jì	trick; ruse; crafty scheme
诡异	guǐ yì	strange; weird
奇诡	qí guǐ	strange; queer; intriguing
诡笑	guǐ xiào	smirk; insincere smile
诡谲多变	guǐ jué duō biàn	(idiom) unpredictable; ever-changing
波诡云谲	bō guǐ yún jué	see 波譎雲詭\|波谲云诡[bo1 jue2 yun2 gui3]
波谲云诡	bō jué yún guǐ	(idiom) ever-changing; unpredictable
云谲波诡	yún jué bō guǐ	see 波譎雲詭\|波谲云诡[bo1 jue2 yun2 gui3]
吊诡	diào guǐ	bizarre; paradoxical; a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
诡辩	guǐ biàn	specious arguments; sophistry
诡秘	guǐ mì	secretive; furtive; surreptitious
诡诈	guǐ zhà	sly; treacherous
诡谲	guǐ jué	(literary) strange; unpredictable

Characters sharing the sound component 危 — compare how they read.