Chinese Character 窺 Meanings and components.

Form

窺

Meaning

窺 meaning[3] in English

To Peep.

To Pry Into.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 窺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , and compass (規)

Its radical[1] is: 穴 (xue2) which means: Cave, Cavity, Hole, Acupuncture Point, Taiwan Pr. [Xue4], .穴xue2cave

In cangjie it is written with JCQOU

How to write 窺

To write窺kui1to peep you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 規gui1compass arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 規 = 窺

窺 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 窺 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 窺, looks as follow:

窺
Pinyin:kui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Peep . To Pry Into
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
規
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Compass . A Rule . Regulation . To Admonish . To Plan . To Scheme
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
見
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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