# 窺

| 窺 | U+7ABA, &#31418; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ABA |
| ← 窹 [U+7AB9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 窻 → [U+7ABB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

窺 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十金手人山 (JCQOU), four-corner 3051$_6$, composition ⿱穴規)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 868, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25633
* Dae Jaweon: page 1297, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2739, character 13
* Unihan data for U+7ABA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嫢 | *ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 規 | *kʷel |
| 槻 | *kʷel |
| 鬹 | *kʷel |
| 摫 | *kʷel |
| 瞡 | *kʷels, *kʷils |
| 窺 | *kʰʷel |
| 闚 | *kʰʷel |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuī (kui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuī
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^1$
*** Yale: kwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^1$
*** Yale: kwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûi
*** Hakka Romanization System: kui$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui
*** Tâi-lô: khui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: khjwie
Rime :
| Character | 窺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去隨切 |
| Baxter | khjwie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰjuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiue/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰǐwe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷʰe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷel/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 窺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjwie › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷʰe/ |
| English | pry, spy (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 窺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4609 |
| Phonetic component | 規 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 闚 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷel/ |
| Notes | 同闚 |

#### Definitions

窺
* to peep

#### Compounds

* 一窺堂奧／一窥堂奥
* 以管窺天／以管窥天 (yǐguǎnkuītiān)
* 偷窺／偷窥 (tōukuī)
* 坐不窺堂／坐不窥堂
* 牖中窺日／牖中窥日
* 用管窺天／用管窥天
* 目不窺園／目不窥园
* 睥睨窺覦／睥睨窥觎
* 窺伺／窥伺 (kuīsì)
* 窺圖／窥图
* 窺察／窥察
* 窺御激夫／窥御激夫
* 窺探／窥探 (kuītàn)
* 窺望／窥望
* 窺涉／窥涉
* 窺測／窥测 (kuīcè)
* 窺牖小兒／窥牖小儿
* 窺視／窥视 (kuīshì)
* 窺視鏡／窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng)
* 窺窬／窥窬
* 窺管／窥管
* 窺聽／窥听 (kuītīng)
* 窺見／窥见 (kuījiàn)
* 窺見一斑／窥见一斑
* 窺覬／窥觊
* 窺豹一斑／窥豹一斑
* 竊窺／窃窥
* 管中窺豹／管中窥豹 (guǎnzhōngkuībào)
* 管窺／管窥
* 管窺之見／管窥之见
* 管窺筐舉／管窥筐举
* 管窺蠡測／管窥蠡测
* 鄰女窺牆／邻女窥墙
* 面面相窺／面面相窥
* 鬼神莫窺／鬼神莫窥

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 窺 – see 跬 (“half a step”). (This character is an obsolete form of 跬).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 窺う)、のぞく (nozoku, 窺く)

## Korean
### Hanja

窺 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

窺: Hán Nôm readings: khuy
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