窃 — Chinese character
窃
qiè
to steal; thief; secret, stealthy
- Pinyin
- qiè
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 穴 切
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hole; meaning component 穴; sound component 切
- Traditional
- 竊
- Japanese
- 窃 as a kanji
Common words with 窃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盗窃 (盜竊) | dào qiè | to steal |
| 窃取 (竊取) | qiè qǔ | to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) |
| 偷窃 (偷竊) | tōu qiè | to steal; to pilfer |
| 窃听 (竊聽) | qiè tīng | to eavesdrop; to wiretap |
| 剽窃 (剽竊) | piāo qiè | to plunder; to plagiarize |
| 窃贼 (竊賊) | qiè zéi | thief |
| 失窃 (失竊) | shī qiè | to lose by theft; to have one's property stolen |
| 行窃 (行竊) | xíng qiè | to steal; to commit a robbery |
| 窃盗 (竊盜) | qiè dào | theft; to steal |
| 窃窃私语 (竊竊私語) | qiè qiè sī yǔ | (idiom) to whisper; to speak in whispers |
| 窃听器 (竊聽器) | qiè tīng qì | tapping device; bug |
| 窃喜 (竊喜) | qiè xǐ | to be secretly delighted |
English words written with 窃
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.