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CHINESE CHARACTER

kàn

看

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see

Numbered pinyin
kan4
English meanings
see, look at, watch, read, look upon, regard, look after, call on, visit

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 手; bottom 目.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱手目

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我kàn看diànshì电视。

    I watch TV.

  2. 02

    nǐ你kàn看zhè这běn本shū书le了ma吗?

    Have you read this book?

  3. 03

    wǒ我qù去kàn看yīshēng医生。

    I went to see a doctor.

  4. 04

    kàn看kàn看chuāng窗wài外。

    Look out the window.

  5. 05

    tā她kàn看de得hěn很rènzhēn认真。

    She reads very carefully.

  6. 06

    kàn看,nàbian那边yǒu有yī一zhǐ只niǎo鸟。

    Look, there's a bird over there.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 偷看
  • 别看
  • 好看
  • 察看
  • 小看
  • 收看
  • 查看
  • 由此看来
  • 看上去
  • 看不起
  • 看中
  • 看似
  • 看作
  • 看出
  • 看到
  • 看台
  • 看好
  • 看待
  • 看得出
  • 看得见
  • 看得起
  • 看成
  • 看护
  • 看望
  • 看来
  • 看样子
  • 看法
  • 看热闹
  • 看病
  • 看管
  • 看见
  • 看起来
  • 看重
  • 眼看
  • 观看
  • 难看