窺

16 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter

Kun'yomi
  • うかがう
    		to peep (through) ②to await (one's chance) ③to guess
  • のぞく
On'yomi
  • キ

Main Radical

穴(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うかがう 100.0%

Character Breakdown

lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter
うかが.う　キ　のぞく (Kentei Pre-1)
hole, aperture, slit
あな　ケツ　けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
standard, measure
キ　すのり　ただし (5th, N3)
husband, man
フ　おっと　フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

うかが
窺
　
い
さぐ
探
　
る
to spy out
くだ
管
　
を
もっ
以
　
て
てん
天
　
を
うかが
窺
　
う
to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight
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References

Unicode hex code 7ABA
JIS X 0208 1-17-14
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3339
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4215
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3002
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2092
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2613
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2659
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 25633
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m13.3
Four corner code 3051.6