窺
- Meaning
- lie in wait spy on reconnoiter
- On reading
- キ
- Kun reading
- うかが.う | のぞく
- Nanori
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- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 116
- Grade
- 9
- JLPT
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- Frequency
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Stroke order
Words using 窺
- 覗く のぞく — to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
- うかがい知る うかがいしる — to infer
- 窺う うかがう — to peep (through)
- 窺知 きち — inference
- 隙をうかがう すきをうかがう — to watch for an unguarded moment
- 機会をうかがう きかいをうかがう — to wait for one's chance
- 鼻息をうかがう はないきをうかがう — to sound out a person's feelings
- 管窺 かんき — narrow insight
- 管を以て天を窺う くだをもっててんをうかがう — to have a narrow view of things
- 寝息をうかがう ねいきをうかがう — to make sure someone is asleep
- チャンスを窺う チャンスをうかがう — to wait for an opportunity
- 機をうかがう きをうかがう — to wait for one's chance
- 顔色を伺う かおいろをうかがう — to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)