懂中文 Dong Chinese

竊

qiè

secretly

Termites 禼 taking grain 米 to their nest 穴

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

米 meaning component

米  Meaning component

mǐ

  

rice

禼 meaning component

禼  Meaning component

  

Evolution

竊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
竊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

窃 (竊) 

qiè

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

Most common words with 竊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

盗窃

to steal

窃

to steal

偷窃

to steal

窃听器

bug

窃听

to eavesdrop