覗

覗

覗 U+8997, 覗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8997 ← 視 [U+8996] CJK Unified Ideographs 覘 → [U+8998]

Translingual

Han character

覗 (radical 147, 見+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸口月山山 (SRBUU), four-corner 1661₀, composition ⿰司見)

References

• KangXi: page 1134, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34839
• Dae Jaweon: page 1601, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3667, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8997

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Chinese

trad.		覗
simp.		𬢊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (司) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
司	*slɯ
伺	*slɯ, *slɯs
覗	*slɯ, *slɯs
笥	*slɯ, *slɯs
詞	*ljɯ
祠	*ljɯ
柌	*ljɯ
嗣	*ljɯs
孠	*ljɯs
飼	*ljɯs
呞	*hljɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Wade–Giles: szu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶
    • Yale: jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
    • Tâi-lô: sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨ/, /sɨ^H/▼

Rime
Character	覗	覗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息兹切	相吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/	/sɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/	/sɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/	/sieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/	/sɨH/
Li Rong	/siə/	/siəH/
Wang Li	/sĭə/	/sĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/	/siH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī	sì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯ/, /*slɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覗	覗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11953	11957
Phonetic component	司	司
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	思	笥
Old Chinese	/*slɯ/	/*slɯs/

Definitions

覗

1. to peek

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Japanese

Kanji

覗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. peek

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 覗う); のぞく (nozoku, 覗く)

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Korean

Hanja

覗 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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