Hanja Analyzer
窃

窃 — jeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
훔칠 절
Romanization
jeol
English
secretly, stealthily; steal; thief
Mandarin
qiè
Japanese on'yomi
セツ
Japanese kun'yomi
ぬす.む ひそ.か
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,871 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Variant forms
竊
Radical
穴 (116, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
切
Unicode
U+7A83

Parts that make up 窃

  • 穴 굴 혈 파 놓은 굴 입구구멍과 굴, 파인 곳
  • 切 끊을 절, 온통 체sound

Japanese words with 窃

  • 窃盗せっとう theft; stealing; larceny
  • 窃取せっしゅ theft; stealing; larceny
  • 剽窃ひょうせつ plagiarism
  • 窃用せつよう using without permission; using information obtained in the course of one's duties
  • 鼠窃そせつ sneak-thief
  • 窃視せっし peeping at (without permission)
  • 窃盗罪せっとうざい (crime of) theft; (crime of) stealing; larceny
  • 窃盗犯せっとうはん theft; stealing; larceny
  • 窃盗狂せっとうきょう kleptomania; kleptomaniac
  • 窃盗団せっとうだん group of thieves
  • 窃盗癖せっとうへき kleptomania
  • 窃視症せっししょう voyeurism; scopophilia; scoptophilia

Characters sharing the phonetic 切

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

砌

Other hanja read “절”

Other hanja with radical 穴

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