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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 嫢
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*ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ
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| 規
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*kʷel
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| 槻
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*kʷel
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| 鬹
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*kʷel
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| 摫
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*kʷel
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| 瞡
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*kʷels, *kʷils
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| 窺
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*kʰʷel
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| 闚
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*kʰʷel
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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窺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kuī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjwie ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷʰe/
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| English
|
pry, spy (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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窺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4609
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Phonetic
component
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規
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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闚
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷel/
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| Notes
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同闚
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Definitions
窺
- to peep
Compounds
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
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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