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Chinese symbol for “glimpse”

瞥见
piē jiàn
Traditional: 瞥見
to glimpse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glimpse is 瞥见 (piē jiàn), defined as: to glimpse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

瞥 piē
to take a fleeting glance at
radical 109 ⽬ · 16 strokes
见 jiàn
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
radical 147 ⾒ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “glimpse”

WordPinyinMeaning
隐现 (隱現)yǐn xiànglimpse (of something hidden)
一眼yī yǎna glance; a quick look
一瞥yī piēglance; glimpse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 瞥见.

WordPinyinMeaning
一瞥yī piēglance; glimpse
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
见到 (見到)jiàn dàoto see
可见 (可見)kě jiànit can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear
常见 (常見)cháng jiàncommonly seen; common
听见 (聽見)tīng jiànto hear

See also: Japanese symbol for “glimpse”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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