窥
kuī HSK7

peep

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 规 represents the sound. Simplified form of 窺.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
规
规 Sound component
guī rules

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

窺 peep Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 規 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
規
規 Sound component
guī rules

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwiekʷʰepry, spy (v.)
Zhengzhangkʰʷel
Unicodekiuɛ

說文解字

小視也。从穴規聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)