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  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to peep (through); to peek; to examine (esp. covertly)

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼女の悲しそうな顔には哀願の様子がうかがえる。
    There is a look of appeal on her sad face.

  2. to await (one's chance)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to guess; to infer; to gather; to surmise

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. in the passive

Also written 覗う【うかがう】

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Characters in this word

1
窺
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter

Kun
うかが.うのぞく
On
キ
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
穴 cave

Built from

見ハ宀一大穴二儿
Words starting with 窺Words ending in 窺Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3m13.3The Kanji Dictionary
3051.6Four corner code
7abaUnicode hex code
1-17-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3339Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4215New Nelson (John Haig)
3002Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2613Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2659Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25633Morohashi
kui1Pinyin reading
gyuKorean reading