Chinese symbol for “snoop”
窥探
kuī tàn
Traditional: 窺探
to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into
The closest CC-CEDICT match for snoop is 窥探 (kuī tàn), defined as: to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimpse of.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 窥探.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偷窥 (偷窺) | tōu kuī | to peep; to peek |
| 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 |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “snoop”.
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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