窺
lie in wait; spy on; reconnoiter
16 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.
Readings
- うかがう (kun reading): 窺う (うかがう) to peep (through); 管を以て天を窺う (くだをもっててんをうかがう) to have a narrow view of things
- キ (on reading): 窺知 (きち) inference; 管窺 (かんき) narrow insight
- のぞく (kun reading)
Components
- 穴
- 規
- 一 radical one
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 儿 radical legs
- 大 radical big
- 宀 radical roof
- 穴 radical cave
- 見 radical see