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窃 = 穴 + 切

窃 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stealth”. It is built from 穴 (hole) and 切 (cut). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1419.

Keyword
stealth
RTK frame
1419
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ぬす.む, ひそ.か
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
скрытность
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
窃 secretly

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 穴 hole
  2. 切 cut

How to find 窃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hole” + “cut”. 窃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 窃 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.