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Translingual
Han character
覷 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜金月山山 (YCBUU) or 卜一月山山 (YMBUU), four-corner 26210, composition ⿰虛見 or ⿰虚見)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1137, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34969
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3674, character 3
- Unihan data for U+89B7
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 虘
|
*zaːl, *zaː
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| 蔖
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*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
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| 摣
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*rnaː, *ʔsraː
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| 袓
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*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
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| 怚
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*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
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| 罝
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*ʔsjaː
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| 謯
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*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
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| 姐
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*ʔsjaːʔ
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| 抯
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*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
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| 飷
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*ʔsjaːʔ
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| 且
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*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
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| 趄
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*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
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| 笡
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*sʰjaːs
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| 查
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*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
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| 柤
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*ʔsraː
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| 樝
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*ʔsraː
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| 皻
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*ʔsraː
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| 渣
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*ʔsraː
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| 楂
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*zraː
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| 苴
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*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
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| 駔
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*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
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| 租
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*ʔsaː
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| 蒩
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*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
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| 祖
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 組
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 珇
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 靻
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*ʔsaːʔ
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| 粗
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*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
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| 徂
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*zaː
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| 殂
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*zaː
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| 麆
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*zaːʔ, *zras
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| 伹
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*zaːʔ, *sʰa
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| 蛆
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*ʔsa, *sʰa
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| 沮
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*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
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| 咀
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*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
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| 疽
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*sʰa
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| 雎
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*sʰa
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| 狙
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*sʰa, *sʰas
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| 岨
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*sʰa
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| 砠
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*sʰa
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| 坥
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*sʰa, *sʰas
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| 刞
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*sʰas
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| 覰
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*sʰas
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| 覷
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*sʰas
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| 跙
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*zaʔ
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| 筯
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*das
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| 菹
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*ʔsra
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| 葅
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*ʔsra
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| 阻
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*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
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| 俎
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*ʔsraʔ
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| 詛
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*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
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| 鉏
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*zra, *zraʔ
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| 豠
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*zra
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| 鋤
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*zra
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| 耡
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*zra, *zras
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| 齟
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*zraʔ
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| 助
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*zras
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 虛 + semantic 見 (“see”).
Etymology
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Pronunciation 1
Note: chhù/chhìr/chhì - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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覷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10436
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Phonetic
component
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且
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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覰
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰas/
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| Notes
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覰今字，虘旁俗訛虛
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Definitions
覷
- (literary or Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to peep; to spy on
- (literary or Northern Min, Eastern Min) to look
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to try to look with bad vision
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) to squint as if one has nearsightedness
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
看 (“to look”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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視, 見, 看
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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看
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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看, 瞧, 瞅
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| Taiwan
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看
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| Harbin
|
看, 瞧
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| Malaysia
|
看
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| Singapore
|
看
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
|
看
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
|
看
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Wanrong
|
看
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| Xi'an
|
看
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| Xining
|
看
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| Xuzhou
|
看, 望
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Ürümqi
|
看
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
看, 𧢭
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| Wuhan
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看, 睄, 瞄
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| Guiyang
|
看, 望
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| Guilin
|
看
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| Liuzhou
|
看
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
看, 瞧
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| Yangzhou
|
看, 望, 瞧
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| Hefei
|
看, 望
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
睇, 望
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| Hong Kong
|
睇, 望
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
睇
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
睇
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
睇
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
睇
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| Macau
|
睇
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| Macau (Tanka)
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睇
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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睇
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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睇
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
睇
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
睇
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| Foshan
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睇
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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睇
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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睇
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
睇
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
睇
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
看
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
睇
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
睇
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
睇
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
睇
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
睇
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| Taishan
|
睇, 望
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
睇
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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睇
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
睇
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| Dongguan
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睇
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
睇
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| Qingyuan
|
睇
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| Fogang
|
睇
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
睇
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| Yangshan
|
望
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| Lianshan (Butian)
|
看
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
望
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| Shaoguan
|
睇
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
睇
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| Renhua
|
睇
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| Lechang
|
睇
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
睇
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| Sihui
|
睇
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| Guangning
|
睇
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| Deqing
|
睇
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| Huaiji
|
望
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| Yunfu
|
睇
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| Xinxing
|
睇
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| Luoding
|
睇
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
睇
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| Yangjiang
|
看, 睇, 瞄
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| Xinyi
|
睇
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| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
睇
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| Lianjiang
|
睇
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| Nanning
|
睇
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| Nanning (Tanka)
|
睇, 望
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| Wuzhou
|
睇
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| Yulin
|
睇
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
看
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| Guiping
|
睇
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
看
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
睇
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
睇
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| Baise
|
睇
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| Bobai
|
睇
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| Lingshan
|
看
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| Pubei
|
睇
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| Qinzhou
|
睇
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| Qinzhou (Changtan)
|
瞭, 瞫
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| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
看
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| Beihai
|
睇
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
看
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
睇
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
睇
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| Ningming
|
睇
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| Hengzhou
|
睇
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| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
睇
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
睇
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
睇
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| Penang (Guangfu)
|
睇
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
睇
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
睇
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| Móng Cái
|
睇
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
看, 相, 望
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| Lichuan
|
看
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| Pingxiang
|
看
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
看, 睞
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| Xingning
|
看
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
睇
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| Huiyang
|
看
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
看
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
看
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
睇
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
看
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
看
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
睇
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
看, 睇
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| Wengyuan
|
看
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
看
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
看
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| Liannan
|
看
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
看
|
| Jiexi
|
看
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| Luhe
|
看
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
䀴
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| Changting
|
䀴, 望
|
| Wuping
|
看
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
看
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
看
|
| Liancheng
|
䀴
|
| Ninghua
|
䀴
|
| Yudu
|
看, 望
|
| Ningdu
|
看
|
| Ruijin
|
看
|
| Shicheng
|
看
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
看
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
看
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
看
|
| Dayu
|
看
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
看
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
看
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
看, 䀴
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
看, 䀴
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
䀴
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
䀴
|
| Hong Kong
|
看
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
看
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
睇
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
睇
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
睇, 看
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
睇
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
睇, 看
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
看
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
看
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
看
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
看
|
| Luchuan
|
看
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
看
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
看
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
看
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
看, 望
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
看, 瞭
|
| Xinzhou
|
看
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
覷
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
覷
|
| Songxi
|
䁐
|
| Zhenghe
|
覷
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
覷
|
| Jianyang
|
覷
|
| Wuyishan
|
覷
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
覷
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
看, 覷
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
覷
|
| Lianjiang
|
覷
|
| Fuqing
|
覷
|
| Pingtan
|
覷
|
| Yongtai
|
覷
|
| Minqing
|
覷
|
| Gutian
|
覷
|
| Pingnan
|
看
|
| Luoyuan
|
看
|
| Fu'an
|
睨
|
| Ningde
|
看
|
| Xiapu
|
看
|
| Zherong
|
看
|
| Shouning
|
望
|
| Zhouning
|
睨
|
| Fuding
|
看
|
| Matsu
|
看
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
看
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
看
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
看
|
| Quanzhou
|
看
|
| Jinjiang
|
看
|
| Nan'an
|
看
|
| Shishi
|
看
|
| Hui'an
|
看
|
| Anxi
|
看
|
| Yongchun
|
看
|
| Dehua
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
看
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
看
|
| Hua'an
|
看
|
| Nanjing
|
看
|
| Pinghe
|
看
|
| Zhangpu
|
看
|
| Yunxiao
|
看
|
| Zhao'an
|
看, 睇
|
| Dongshan
|
看
|
| Taipei
|
看
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
看
|
| Kaohsiung
|
看
|
| Tainan
|
看
|
| Kinmen
|
看
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
看
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
看
|
| Longyan
|
䁐
|
| Zhangping
|
看
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
看
|
| Datian
|
看
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
看
|
| Guilin (Biyange)
|
看
|
| Chaozhou
|
睇
|
| Raoping
|
睇
|
| Shantou
|
睇
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
睇
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
睇
|
| Jieyang
|
睇
|
| Lufeng
|
睇
|
| Haifeng
|
睇
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
睇
|
| Leizhou
|
䁐, 𥆑
|
| Wenchang
|
望, 䁐
|
| Haikou
|
望, 䁐
|
| Qionghai
|
望
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
望
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
看
|
| Xianyou
|
看
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
䁐
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
䁐
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
䁐
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
望, 覷
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
睇
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
看
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
睇
|
| Fuding
|
睇
|
| Luoyuan
|
睇
|
| Sanming
|
睇
|
| Shunchang
|
睇
|
| Hua'an
|
睇
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
睇
|
| Cangnan
|
睇
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
睇
|
| Lishui
|
睇
|
| Longyou
|
睇
|
| Chaozhou
|
睇
|
| Fengshun
|
睇
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
望
|
| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
望
|
| Luxi (Baisha)
|
望
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
看
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
看
|
| Suzhou
|
看
|
| Wuxi
|
看
|
| Danyang
|
看, 望
|
| Hangzhou
|
看
|
| Ningbo
|
看, 相
|
| Wenzhou
|
眙, 張
|
| Lishui
|
望
|
| Jinhua
|
望
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
看
|
| Loudi
|
相
|
| Shuangfeng
|
看, 相
|
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
覷
- (colloquial) to squint while looking closely at something
Japanese
Kanji
覷
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
覷 • (cheo) (hangeul 처)
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Vietnamese
Han character
覷: Hán Việt readings: kiến, thứ
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