伺
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 伺
- Common rank
- #3,243
- Unicode
- U+4F3A
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
attend to · Heisig RSH #2818
人 person + 司 take charge of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 伺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伺服电机 | servomotor | |
| 伺服器 | server (computer) (Tw) | |
| 难伺候 | (coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance | |
| 伺机 | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | |
| 伺候 | to serve; to wait upon | |
| 观衅伺隙 | lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak… | |
| 窥伺 | to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity) | |
| 伺隙 | to wait for the opportunity |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 司 — compare how they read.