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覗 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「見」

道
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On
シし · shi
Kun
のぞ.く・うかが.うnozo.ku · ukaga.u
Meaning
to peep

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

To see 見 with 司 as phonetic: to look in through a gap.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 覗くのぞく

    to peek; to look in

  • 覗き穴のぞきあな

    peephole

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

戸(と)の隙間(すきま)から中(なか)の様子(ようす)を覗(のぞ)いた。

I peeked in through the gap in the door.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

覗き穴覗穴hole見see視to loo…覓to see…規standa…覘to pee…之of巳the Sn…只only仔young此this
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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