窺

See also: 窥

窺	U+7ABA, 窺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ABA

← 窹
[U+7AB9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

窻 →
[U+7ABB]

Translingual

Han character

窺 (radical 116, 穴+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十金手人山 (JCQOU), four-corner 3051₆, composition ⿱穴規)

peep, watch, spy on, pry

References

KangXi: page 868, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25633

Dae Jaweon: page 1297, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2739, character 13

Unihan data for U+7ABA

Chinese

trad.		窺
simp.		窥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (規) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
嫢	ɡeːnʔ, skʷe1, *ɡʷilʔ
規	*kʷel
槻	*kʷel
鬹	*kʷel
摫	*kʷel
瞡	kʷels, kʷils
窺	*kʰʷel
闚	*kʰʷel

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûi
Min Nan (POJ): khui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: k'uei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai¹
  - Yale: kwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûi
  - Hakka Romanization System: kui´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kui¹
  - IPA: /kʰu̯i²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui
  - Tâi-lô: khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kʰiuᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	窺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去隨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwiə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰiue/
Wang Li	/kʰǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷʰe/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷel/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuī
Middle Chinese	‹ khjwie ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷʰe/
English	pry, spy (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窺
Reading #	1/1
No.	4609
Phonetic component	規
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	闚
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷel/
Notes	同闚

Definitions

窺

to peep

Compounds

一窺堂奧／一窥堂奥
以管窺天／以管窥天
偷窺／偷窥 (tōukuī)
坐不窺堂／坐不窥堂
牖中窺日／牖中窥日
用管窺天／用管窥天
目不窺園／目不窥园
睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎
窺伺／窥伺 (kuīsì)
窺圖／窥图
窺察／窥察
窺御激夫／窥御激夫

窺探／窥探 (kuītàn)
窺望／窥望
窺涉／窥涉
窺測／窥测 (kuīcè)
窺牖小兒／窥牖小儿
窺窬／窥窬
窺管／窥管
窺聽／窥听
窺見／窥见 (kuījiàn)
窺見一斑／窥见一斑
窺視／窥视 (kuīshì)
窺視鏡／窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng)

窺覬／窥觊
窺豹一斑／窥豹一斑
竊窺／窃窥
管中窺豹／管中窥豹
管窺／管窥
管窺之見／管窥之见
管窺筐舉／管窥筐举
管窺蠡測／管窥蠡测
鄰女窺牆／邻女窥墙
面面相窺／面面相窥
鬼神莫窺／鬼神莫窥

Japanese

Kanji

窺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 窺う)

Korean

Hanja

窺 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

窺 (khuy)

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