Kanji details for 窺
窺
Common kanji
Uses 16 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
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Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
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lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter
KUN:
- うかが.うukaga.u
- のぞくnozoku
ON:
- キki
Example words(showing 10 results)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
2.
to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
3.
to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
4.
to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at
5.
to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
6.
to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
7.
to examine (an expression), to study (a face)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
8.
All readings:
覗く【のぞく】
、覘く【のぞく】
、窺く【のぞく】
、臨く【のぞく】
Godan-ru verb
•
to spy out
Other readings:
伺い探る【うかがいさぐる】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
•
to perceive, to understand
All readings:
うかがい知る【うかがいしる】
、窺い知る【うかがいしる】
、伺い知る【うかがいしる】
、窺いしる【うかがいしる】
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to peep (through), to peek, to examine (esp. covertly)(usually kana)
2.
to await (one's chance)(usually kana)
3.
to guess, to infer, to gather, to surmise(usually kana)(usu. used passively)
Other readings:
うかがう《覗う》
expression
•
to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight, to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi)
See also:管窺 (かんき)
expression, Godan-u verb
•
to watch for an unguarded moment
All readings:
隙をうかがう【すきをうかがう】
、隙を窺う【すきをうかがう】
expression, Godan-u verb
1.
to make sure someone is asleep, to listen for the breath of a sleeping person
2.
to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping
All readings:
寝息をうかがう【ねいきをうかがう】
、寝息を窺う【ねいきをうかがう】