看 (kàn)
To look; to watch; to read; to visit.
How 看 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 龵 — hand
- Traditional
- 看
- Simplified
- 看 (unchanged)
Components
- 龵 hand
- 目 eye
看 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- kān
- to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- kàn
- to see; to look at; to read; to watch
Common words using 看
- 好看 hǎokàn
- good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
- 查看 chákàn
- to look over; to examine; to check up
- 看來 kànlai
- apparently; it seems that
- 看書 kànshū
- to read; to study
- 看看 kànkan
- to take a look at; to examine; to survey
- 看見 kànjiàn
- to see; to catch sight of
- 觀看 guānkàn
- to watch; to view
- 中看 zhòngkàn
- pleasant to the eye
- 乍看 zhàkàn
- at first glance
- 來看 láikàn
- to come and see; to see a topic from a certain point of view
- 偷看 tōukàn
- to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
- 刮目相看 guāmùxiāngkàn
- to esteem someone's progress; to give increased respect; to see someone in a new light
看 in a sentence
我今天晚上要跟朋友去看電影。
Wǒ jīntiān wǎnshàng yào gēn péngyǒu qù kàn diànyǐng.
“I'm going to watch a movie with friends tonight.”
How common is 看?
看 is the 76th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 36.9% of all running text.
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