覗 – peep, peek, come in sight

12 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 覗 means peep, peek, come in sight. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のぞ.く、うかが.う (nozoku, ukagau). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 見 (no. 147).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	のぞ.く	nozoku
Kun’yomi	うかが.う	ukagau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 見 (Kangxi radical 147). Components: 見・口・亅・一.

Words using 覗

覗くのぞくto peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)

Example sentences

私は壁の裂け目から外を覗いた。

I peeped out through a crack in the wall.

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Kanji with the same radical

見規視親観覚覧

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