You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: See (jiàn) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1134, Entry 32 Pronounced si According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), it means to peep or glance. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: for the act of stealing a glance, from the Yangtze River northwards it is called si. Also pronounced si (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Additionally, according to the Classified Compendium (Leipian), it means to peep stealthily. Another definition is to see. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), this character was originally written as si (meaning to observe). Sometimes it is also written in a variant form.