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看
kān
1. to look after
2. to take care of
3. to watch
4. to guard
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

看
kàn
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

中看
zhōngkàn
pleasant to the eye
乍看
zhàkàn
at first glance
来看
láikàn
to come and see
偷看
tōukàn
to peep
参看
cānkàn
see also
受看
shòukàn
good-looking
可看
kěkàn
worth seeing
好看
hǎokàn
good-looking
察看
chákàn
to watch
小看
xiǎokàn
to look down on
探看
tànkàn
to visit
收看
shōukàn
to view
查看
chákàn
to look over
照看
zhàokàn
to look after
相看
xiāngkàn
to look at one another
看上
kànshàng
to look upon
看中
kànzhòng
to have a preference for
看似
kànsì
to look as if
看作
kànzuò
to look upon as
看来
kànlai
apparently

Alternate Entries

看
kàn
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)
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
75
Word Frequency Rank
48 of 84,292