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看

kàn

to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize

💡 Ideographic: Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance
HSK 1 9 strokes Very Common (1%)
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Component Breakdown

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手
shǒu
hand
目
mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
⿱手目 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

shǒu
手
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed
4 strokes HSK 2
mù
目
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side
5 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 看 (133)

kān
看 ↗
HSK 1
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
kàn
看 ↗
HSK 1
to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)
kànjiàn
看见 ↗
HSK 1
to see / to catch sight of
kànfǎ
看法 ↗
HSK 4
way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
kànwàng
看望 ↗
HSK 5
to visit / to pay a call to
kànbuqǐ
看不起 ↗
HSK 5
to look down upon / to despise
kàndài
看待 ↗
HSK 6
to look upon / to regard
kànkan
看看 ↗
to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon
kànshangqu
看上去 ↗
it would appear / it seems (that)
hǎokàn
好看 ↗
good-looking / nice-looking / good (of a movie, book, TV show etc) / embarrassed / humiliated
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