覬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 見
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 觊

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jì
Cantonese: gei3
JapaneseKun: NOZOMU
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: KI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: covet, long for, desire

CE-Dict: to covet/to long for

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to covet; to desire for something belonging to others

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《見部》覬㰟𡴘也。从見豈聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【見字部】覬
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】几利切【正韻】吉器切，𠀤音冀。【說文】𣢆幸也。【廣韻】覬覦，希望也。【左傳·桓二年】下無覬覦。【註】下不冀望于上也。　又【集韻】或作幾。【左傳·宣十二年】庸可幾乎。【疏】幾讀如冀，言用可冀幸而得之乎。【禮·檀弓·吾欲暴尩註】尩者面鄕天，覬天哀而雨之。覬，又作幾，音冀。　又【韻會小補】通作𩥉。【禮·文王世子·反養老于東序註】州里𩥉於邑。【疏】希𩥉慕仰，行之於邑也。　又【集韻】虛器切，咦去聲。【類篇】幸也。【韻會小補】垂也。【集韻】亦作𣢆。【正字通】俗通作冀。【增韻】亦作懻，非。

CF-Dict: espérer/désirer

Han-De-Dict: begehren (u.E.)/ersehnen, verlangen nach (u.E.)