Memory phrase for the character: 觑

觑

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Meaning to spy, watch for

Pronunciation

qù

Explanation

Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: to see 见/見

Mnemonic
 
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.

Radicals

虚 emptiness, void
虍 tiger
业 businessDerived from hill: 丘 or a volcano's peak with hollow vent/crater. Thus typically used as "hollow".
见 to seeThis radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye 目 on legs 儿", expressing a "looking around".
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 Vocabulary

觑窥 qù kuī  to peep at
面面相觑 miàn miàn xiāng qù  to look at each other in dismay (idiom)
觑觑眼 qù qù yǎn  myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness
觑觑眼 qù qù yǎn  myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness
觑视 qù shì  to look; to gaze
觑视 qù shì  

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