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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 868, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25633
• Dae Jaweon: page 1297, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ
規	*kʷel
槻	*kʷel
鬹	*kʷel
摫	*kʷel
瞡	*kʷels, *kʷils
窺	*kʰʷel
闚	*kʰʷel

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹
    • Yale: kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kui^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwie

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
Baxter	khjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwiə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰiue/
Wang Li	/kʰǐwe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

• 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

1. to peep

Compounds

• 一窺堂奧／一窥堂奥
• 以管窺天／以管窥天 (yǐguǎnkuītiān)
• 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
• 窺視／窥视 (kuīshì)
• 窺視鏡／窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng)
• 窺窬／窥窬
• 窺管／窥管
• 窺聽／窥听 (kuītīng)
• 窺見／窥见 (kuījiàn)
• 窺見一斑／窥见一斑
• 窺覬／窥觊
• 窺豹一斑／窥豹一斑
• 竊窺／窃窥
• 管中窺豹／管中窥豹 (guǎnzhōngkuībào)
• 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

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 窺 – see 跬 (“half a step”). (This character is an obsolete form of 跬).

Japanese

Kanji

窺

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 窺う)、のぞく (nozoku, 窺く)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

窺: Hán Nôm readings: khuy

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