竊

See also: 窃

Character	竊 U+7ACA, 竊
Name	CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ACA
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
← 竉 [U+7AC9] [U+7ACB] 立 →

Contents

TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

Historical forms of the character 竊
Small seal script

Ideogram (指事) - many (廿) termites (禼) taking grain (米) and hiding it in their nest (穴), hence the definitions "secretly", "stealthily", "to steal". In modern form, 米 looks like 釆 because 廿 has become one stroke and merged with 米.

Han characterEdit

竊 (radical 116 穴+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹木月 (JCHDB), four-corner 3092₇)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 870, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25713
• Dae Jaweon: page 1299, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2747, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7ACA

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ChineseEdit

trad.		竊
simp.		窃

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰet̚/▼

Rime
Character	竊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	千結切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰet̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːd/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ tshet ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˤet/
English	steal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竊
Reading #	1/1
No.	10472
Phonetic component	竊
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːd/

DefinitionsEdit

竊

1. secretly, stealthily
2. steal
3. thief

CompoundsEdit

• 仰屋竊歎／仰屋窃叹
• 偷世竊名／偷世窃名
• 偷目竊望／偷目窃望 (tōumùqièwàng)
• 偷竊／偷窃 (tōuqiè)
• 偷香竊玉／偷香窃玉 (tōuxiāngqièyù)
• 僭竊／僭窃
• 剽竊／剽窃 (piāoqiè)
• 勦竊／剿窃
• 叨竊／叨窃
• 失竊／失窃
• 小竊／小窃
• 忝竊／忝窃
• 慣竊／惯窃
• 扒竊／扒窃
• 暗自竊喜／暗自窃喜
• 狗偷鼠竊／狗偷鼠窃
• 狗盜鼠竊／狗盗鼠窃
• 狼貪鼠竊／狼贪鼠窃
• 疑人竊鈇／疑人窃𫓧
• 盜竊／盗窃 (dàoqiè)
• 竊位／窃位
• 竊位素餐／窃位素餐

• 竊匪／窃匪
• 竊占／窃占
• 竊占罪／窃占罪
• 竊取／窃取 (qièqǔ)
• 竊喜／窃喜
• 竊國／窃国
• 竊奪／窃夺
• 竊嫌／窃嫌
• 竊密／窃密
• 竊幸乘寵／窃幸乘宠
• 竊弄／窃弄
• 竊弄威權／窃弄威权
• 竊據／窃据
• 竊案／窃案
• 竊犯／窃犯
• 竊玉／窃玉
• 竊玉偷香／窃玉偷香
• 竊用／窃用
• 竊疾／窃疾
• 竊盜／窃盗 (“burglar”)
• 竊盜險／窃盗险
• 竊窺／窃窥

• 竊竊／窃窃
• 竊竊私語／窃窃私语 (qièqièsīyǔ)
• 竊竊私議／窃窃私议
• 竊竊細語／窃窃细语
• 竊笑／窃笑
• 竊簪之臣／窃簪之臣
• 竊聽／窃听 (qiètīng)
• 竊聽器／窃听器 (qiètīngqì)
• 竊號／窃号
• 竊視／窃视 (qièshì)
• 竊賊／窃贼 (qièzéi)
• 竊鉤竊國／窃钩窃国
• 竊鐘掩耳／窃钟掩耳
• 篡竊／篡窃
• 草竊／草窃
• 行竊／行窃 (xíngqiè)
• 詭銜竊轡／诡衔窃辔
• 貪權竊柄／贪权窃柄
• 鼠竊／鼠窃
• 鼠竊狗偷／鼠窃狗偷
• 鼠竊狗盜／鼠窃狗盗

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

竊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 窃)

1. to steal (“nusumu” reading)
2. secret; hushed, quietly (“hisoka” reading)

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: せち
• Kan’on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ぬすむ (竊む, nusumu), ひそか (竊か, hisoka)

Usage notesEdit

Not used in modern Japanese. Superseded by the 新字体 ‎(shinjitai, “new form”) of 窃.

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

竊 • ‎(jeol) (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

竊 (thiết)

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