kuī

peep

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

規 sound component

  Sound component

guī

  

rules

Evolution

窺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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kuī

peep, watch, spy on, pry; to peep; to pry into

Most common words with 窺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

偷窥

to peep

to peep

窥视

to peep at

窥探

to snoop

内窥镜

endoscope