看 kàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 手 hand 目 eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
看见
kànjiàn
to see, to catch sight of
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 wide 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你看见我的书了吗？ Nǐ kànjiàn wǒ de shū le ma? Have you seen my book?
- 我看见他了。 Wǒ kànjiàn tā le. I saw him.
- 妈妈看见我们了。 Māma kànjiàn wǒmen le. Mom saw us.
Related words
- 好看 hǎokàn good-looking, nice
- 看 kàn to look, to watch; to read
- 看病 kànbìng to see a doctor
- 看到 kàndào to see
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
- 笑 xiào to laugh, to smile
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke