窥 — Chinese character
窥
kuī
to peep, to spy on, to watch
- Pinyin
- kuī
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 穴 规
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hole; meaning component 穴; sound component 规
- Traditional
- 窺
Common words with 窥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偷窥 (偷窺) | tōu kuī | to peep; to peek |
| 窥探 (窺探) | kuī tàn | to pry into or spy on; to snoop |
| 窥视 (窺視) | kuī shì | to peep at; to spy on |
| 窥见 (窺見) | kuī jiàn | to catch a glimpse of |
| 内窥镜 (內窺鏡) | nèi kuī jìng | endoscope |
| 管窥 (管窺) | guǎn kuī | to look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view |
| 偷窥狂 (偷窺狂) | tōu kuī kuáng | voyeur; peeping tom |
| 窥伺 (窺伺) | kuī sì | to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity) |
| 管中窥豹 (管中窺豹) | guǎn zhōng kuī bào | lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture |
| 窥知 (窺知) | kuī zhī | to find out about; to discover |
| 窥望 (窺望) | kuī wàng | to peep; to spy on |
| 一窥端倪 (一窺端倪) | yī kuī duān ní | to infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue |
English words written with 窥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.