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Information about character(s)

Radical: 穴
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 17
Total Strokes: 22
Simplified Form: 窃
Variants: 窃

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiè
Cantonese: sit3
JapaneseKun: NUSUMU HISOKANI
JapaneseOn: SETSU
Korean: CEL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: secretly, stealthily; steal; thief

CE-Dict: to steal/secretly/(humble) I

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to steal; to pilfer
2.secretly; surreptitiously; furtively

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: furtively; pilfer; secretly; steal
【法】 thieve

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: furtively; pilfer

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【穴字部】竊
〔古文〕𢿝【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤千結切，音切。盜也。【集韻】盜自中出曰竊。【書·微子】殷民攘竊神祇之犧牷牲。【傳】往盜曰竊。【春秋·定八年】盜竊寶玉大弓。【史記·叔孫通傳】䑕竊狗盜。【博雅】竊，取也。　又私也。【論語】竊比於我老彭。【孟子】竊負而逃。【前漢·公孫弘傳】尚竊遲之。　又非所據而據亦曰竊。【論語】臧文仲其竊位者與。【疏】知賢不舉，偸安於位，故曰竊位。　又竊竊，猶察察。【莊子·齊物論】竊竊然知之。【註】猶察察也。　又鳥名。【爾雅·釋鳥】桑鳸竊脂。【疏】桑鳸，一名竊脂，好盜脂膏，因名。　又淺也。【轉注古音略】竊，卽古淺字。九扈中，竊𤣥，淺黑也。竊藍，淺靑也。竊黃，淺黃也。竊丹，淺赤也。四色皆具，則竊脂亦淺白也。【爾雅·釋獸】虎竊毛謂之虦貓。【疏】虎之淺毛者，別名虦貓。　又叶七計切，音砌。【王筠詩】寶地恣憑陵，神樂忽侵竊。猛將窮奮擊，勇夫貪搏噬。

Buddhism words and phrases to steal

CF-Dict: secrètement/voler

Han-De-Dict: etw stehlen (u.E.) (V)/verstohlen, heimlich (u.E.) (Adj)