诈

zhà = zh + a4

to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

诈 = 乍 + 讠 : As James II of England (zh) is using the ashram's bathroom (a4) he studies an advertising column (讠) next to him which urges him to get a Mohawk haircut (乍). After a while he realizes it is just a scheme to deceive (诈) him into giving up his hair so that they can get is DNA.

诈 character breakdown

诈
- 乍
- 讠

乍

zhà = zh + a4

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a head with a Mohawk haircut facing towards the left.

James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

讠

訁

yán = y + an2

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).