懂中文 Dong Chinese

窃

qiè

secretly

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 切 represents the sound. Simplified form of 竊.

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

切 sound component

切  Sound component

qiè, qiē

  

cut

Evolution

窃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
窃 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
窃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

窃 (竊) 

qiè

secretly, stealthily; steal; thief; to steal; secretly; (humble) I

Most common words with 窃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盗窃

to steal

窃

to steal

偷窃

to steal

窃听器

bug

窃听

to eavesdrop