Read Edit View history 窃 qiè HSK7 secretly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 切 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to steal rice". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "secretly". Simplified form of 竊. Pinyin Separate values with commas qiè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 窃 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 竊 ×窃 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 窃 Simp strokes 窃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 窃 Simp strokes 窃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 窃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 436, 846 ], [ 526, 809 ], [ 559, 775 ] ], [ [ 257, 713 ], [ 265, 697 ], [ 264, 666 ], [ 215, 571 ], [ 210, 522 ] ], [ [ 293, 662 ], [ 477, 698 ], [ 724, 728 ], [ 769, 713 ], [ 788, 689 ], [ 718, 604 ] ], [ [ 410, 619 ], [ 425, 583 ], [ 364, 520 ], [ 323, 495 ] ], [ [ 560, 626 ], [ 648, 568 ], [ 675, 528 ] ], [ [ 131, 317 ], [ 170, 314 ], [ 212, 321 ], [ 378, 370 ], [ 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