Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Character: kui Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 868, Entry 01 Pronounced kui In the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Single-Component Characters and Analyzing Compound Characters), it is defined as looking stealthily. In the Guangya (Broad Refinement), it is defined as spying or peering. From the Analects of Confucius (Lunyu), it is written: Peering in to see the beauty of the household. In the Yupian (Jade Chapters), it is also written in a variant form (kui). From the Zhuangzi, Autumn Floods (Qiushui): Using a tube to peer at the sky. Also, according to the Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), pronounced kui. The same as kui (a half step). In the Sima Fa (Method of Sima), it is stated: Any person lifting a foot once is called a kui. A kui is three feet. Lifting both feet is called a bu (step). A bu is six feet. From the Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Xifu Gong: Although there are fierce bees and elite troops, there has been no one able to move a half step (kui) and respond immediately. The commentary states: Kui is pronounced kui, meaning a half step.