Kanji Detail for 瞥 - "glance"

瞥

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

瞥 means "glance." Also associated with peek.
1. Glance - To look briefly; to glimpse.
2. Peek - To take a quick look.
Tattoo check: 瞥
- Verified meaning: glance
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read ふくお, ふくむら, ふくよ, ふくより)
- Also carries these associations: peek
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 瞥

Surnames 瞥(ふくお) 瞥(ふくむら) 瞥(ふくよ) 瞥(ふくより) 瞥(みねお) 瞥(みねとし)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

glance at

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

take fleeting glance at

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to take a fleeting glance at

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Glancing past.
Onyomi

betsu(ベツ)

hetsu(ヘツ)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

目罒 (me・mehen)
Related Keywords

glance peek flicker glimpse skim behold briefly eye inspect look notice observe peep quick scan scrutinize see spot survey view watch

彼女は彼に疑い深そうな一瞥を投げた。
She threw a suspicious glance at him.
いつかお時間のあるときにでもご一瞥くだされば幸いです。
I'd be grateful if you could take a look when you've got time sometime.
そのことは、各研究分担者とこのテーマとの関係を瞥見すれば、おのずから明らかとなる。
That fact becomes self evident if you take a look at the relation between this theme and those leading research on it.