窺 — gyu

Parts that make up 窺

How 窺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 穴, 規.

Korean example words with 窺

• 규지하다窺知 Korean gloss: 엿보아 알다
• 규찰하다窺察 Korean gloss: 엿보아 살피다
• 암규暗窺 Korean gloss: 몰래 엿봄.
• 규간窺間 Korean gloss: 기회를 엿봄.
• 규견窺見 Korean gloss: 몰래 훔쳐봄.
• 규색窺索 Korean gloss: 엿보아 찾음.
• 규시窺視 Korean gloss: 몰래 훔쳐봄.
• 잠규潛窺 Korean gloss: 몰래 숨어서 엿봄.
• 모규毛窺 Korean gloss: 털이 나는 작은 구멍.
• 군규軍窺 Korean gloss: 군사 기밀을 몰래 살핌. 또는 그런 사람.
• 이관규천以管窺天 Korean gloss: 대롱으로 하늘을 엿본다는 뜻으로, 사람의 견문(見聞)이 매우 좁음을 이르는 말
• 관규管窺 Korean gloss: 대롱 구멍으로 표범을 보면 표범의 얼룩점 하나밖에 보이지 않는다는 뜻으로, 견문과 학식이 좁음을 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 窺

• 窺ううかがう to peep (through); to peek; to examine (esp. covertly)
• 窺知きち inference; deduction; figuring out
• 管窺かんき narrow insight; narrow view
• チャンスを窺うチャンスをうかがう to wait for an opportunity
• 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; to look at the sky through a tube

Characters sharing the phonetic 規

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “규” in Korean.

Other hanja read “규”

Other hanja with radical 穴