Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Kui Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1341, Entry 06 Pronounced hui. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To flash or peek. It refers to leaning the head to look through a gate. Composed of the radical for gate and the component for rule or circle, which carries both the semantic and phonetic essence. Guangyun: To look narrowly. Jiyun: Interchangeable with the character for peek (kui). Book of Changes (Yijing), Guan hexagram: To peek and observe; beneficial for the woman's divination. Commentary: What is seen is narrow, therefore it is called peeking and observing. Sub-commentary: To observe by peeking stealthily. Again, in the Feng hexagram: To peek at the household door. Sub-commentary: To peek at and observe the door. Book of Rites (Liji), Evolution of Rites: The eggs and fetuses of other birds and beasts can all be peered at by bending down. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Assassins: To tempt by peeking with heavy profit. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Li Gu: The people of Qin did not dare to peek with troops at the western river. Also the same as the character for peek (kui). Liezi (Liezi), Yellow Emperor Chapter: The perfect person peers upward at the blue sky. Commentary: Same as the character for peek (kui). Again, Jiyun: Pronounced jue. Same meaning.