窺 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
道準1University / general ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
- On
- キ
- Kun
- うかが.う・のぞく
- Meaning
- to peep; to spy out
Origin
A hole 穴 with 規 as phonetic: to peer and spy through an opening.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 窺知きち
perceiving; inferring
- 窺ううかがう
to peek; to watch for
Example
表情から相手の心中を窺い知る。
One reads the other's heart from their expression.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)