Read Edit View history 竊 qiè secretly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 䊪 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to steal rice". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "secretly". Pinyin Separate values with commas qiè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 窃 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 竊 Simp strokes 竊 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 竊 Simp strokes 竊 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 竊 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 460, 869 ], [ 526, 832 ], [ 551, 797 ] ], [ [ 256, 741 ], [ 265, 713 ], [ 263, 699 ], [ 226, 628 ], [ 223, 587 ] ], [ [ 290, 714 ], [ 302, 704 ], [ 316, 703 ], [ 473, 733 ], [ 687, 760 ], [ 755, 766 ], [ 791, 761 ], [ 814, 745 ], [ 824, 726 ], [ 766, 665 ], [ 756, 661 ] ], [ [ 414, 701 ], [ 424, 689 ], [ 427, 669 ], [ 409, 645 ], [ 352, 602 ], [ 308, 583 ] ], [ [ 548, 723 ], 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