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覘
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觇
🇨🇳

spy

HSK 10
Human →Actions
chān
テン
のぞ.く、うかが.う
점
To watch 見 and observe 占; 占 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (覘)
占 tell fortunes+ 見 see =
覘 spy
占 Meaning component
zhàn tell fortunes
variant of 占[zhàn]
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見 Meaning component
see
Simplified (觇)
占 tell fortunes+ 见 observe =
觇 peek
占 Meaning component
zhàn tell fortunes
variant of 占[zhàn]
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见 Meaning component
jiàn observe
see, observe, behold
Notes
Similar Characters
乩 divine呫 lick帖 note拈 pick up with fingers觇 watch (simp)佔 occupy (trad)坫 a stand on店 store战 battle (simp)扂 door latch毡 carpet (simp)沾 soak点 speck (simp)玷 flaw in gem砧 anvil站 station粘 glue苫 rush or straw matting貼 paste (trad/jp)贴 paste to (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
觇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
觇 / 覘 [chān]
to observe; to spy on; Taiwan pr. [zhān]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
觇标 [chān​biāo] #55,226
surveyor's beacon
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 狙う [ねらう] #810
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.)
⭐ 覗く [のぞく] #1,982
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.)
覗き [のぞき] #29,299
peep