窥

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to peep; to pry into

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

穴 meaning “hole” + 规 sound ( guī )

Components 穴规

peep · Heisig RSH #2356

规 regulations + 穴 hole

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
目不窥园	mù bù kuī yuán	lit. not even peek at the garden; fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom)
管窥所及	guǎn kuī suǒ jí	in my humble opinion
内窥镜	nèi kuī jìng	endoscope
管中窥豹	guǎn zhōng kuī bào	lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
窥豹一斑	kuī bào yī bān	lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
管窥	guǎn kuī	to look at sth through a bamboo tube; to have a restricted view
窥见	kuī jiàn	to catch a glimpse of
窥知	kuī zhī	to find out about; to discover
窥视	kuī shì	to peep at; to spy on; to peek
窥望	kuī wàng	to peep; to spy on
一窥端倪	yī kuī duān ní	to infer easily; to guess at a glance; to get a clue
偷窥狂	tōu kuī kuáng	voyeur; peeping tom
窥探	kuī tàn	to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimp…
偷窥	tōu kuī	to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
窥豹	kuī bào	lit. to see one spot on a leopard; fig. a restricted view
觑窥	qù kuī	to peep at
窥伺	kuī sì	to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)