管を以て天を窺う (くだをもっててんをうかがう) — to have a narrow view of things, to look at the sky through a tube | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to have a narrow view of things and to look at the sky through a tube

Practice Writing

Character: 1/8

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

管を以て天を窺う

to have a narrow view of things, to look at the sky through a tube

くだをもっててんをうかがう

管

pipe, tube, wind instrument...

竹

官

bureaucrat, the government, organ

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

㠯

以

by means of, because, in view of...

もっ.て, イ

し

( CDP-89EB ) Hiragana Shi

人

ひと, -り, ジン

天

heavens, sky, imperial

あまつ, あめ, テン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

窺

lie in wait, spy on, reconnoiter

うかが.う, のぞく, キ

穴

hole, aperture, slit...

宀

shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

規

standard, measure

夫

おっと, それ, フ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

見

see, hopes, chances...

み.る, み.える, ケン

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

儿

legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

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