くだ
管
　
を
もっ
以
　
て
てん
天
　
を
うかが
窺
　
う

expression

  1. to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight, to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
くだ
管
　
を
もっ
以
　
て
てん
天
　
を
うかが
窺
　
う
 管を以て天を窺う くだをもっててんをうかがう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pipe, tube, wind instrument
カン　くだ　すが (4th, N2)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
bureaucrat, the government, organ
カン (4th, N3)
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)
terraced hill
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
by means of, because, in view of
イ　もっ.て　もち (4th, N4)
hook stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
heavens, sky, imperial
テン　あま-　あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
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)