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看

看 U+770B, 看
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-770B
← 眊
[U+770A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 県 →
[U+770C]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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看 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU), four-corner 20604, composition ⿸龵目)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23196
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2474, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+770B

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 看
alternative forms 㸔
𡰶
𥉏
𡈟

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 看
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.

Etymology 1

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STEDT compares it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know; to see”).

Also compare Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “professor; abbot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • kua4/kuann4 - vernacular;
  • kang4 - literary.
Note:
  • khòaⁿ - vernacular;
  • khàn - literary.
Note: kang3 - literary (in 看相).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 看 (看見)
Mandarin Beijing /kʰan⁵¹/
Harbin /kʰan⁵³/
Tianjin /kʰan⁵³/
Jinan /kʰã²¹/
Qingdao /kʰã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kʰan³¹²/
Xi'an /kʰã⁴⁴/
Xining /kʰã²¹³/
Yinchuan /kʰan¹³/
Lanzhou /kʰɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /kʰan²¹³/
Wuhan /kʰan³⁵/
Chengdu /kʰan¹³/
Guiyang /kʰan²¹³/
Kunming /kʰã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /kʰæ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kʰɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /kʰø³⁵/
Suzhou /kʰø⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /kʰẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /kʰø⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kʰɛ³²⁴/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /kʰan⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kʰan⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kʰɵn²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /kʰon⁵³/
Taoyuan /kʰon⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔn³³/
Nanning /hɔn³³/
Hong Kong /hɔn³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰan²¹/
/kʰuã²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰɑŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰaŋ²¹³/
/kʰuã²¹³/
/tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /mo²³/ 訓望
Rime
Character 看
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦旰切
Baxter khanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰanH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hon3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 看
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khanH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[kʰ]ˁa[r]-s/
English gaze at

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 看
Reading # 2/2
No. 7355
Phonetic
component 		看
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		侃
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰaːns/
Definitions
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看

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
    看電影／看电影  ―  kàn diànyǐng  ―  to watch a movie
  2. (transitive) to read
    看報紙／看报纸  ―  kàn bàozhǐ  ―  to read the newspaper
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, transitive) to observe; to check
    出門蹉跌，看道後旅。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
    出门蹉跌，看道后旅。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
    From: Jiao Gong, Yilin, 1st century BCE
    Chūmén cuōdiē, kàn dào hòu lǚ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (transitive) to visit; to call on
    我們有時去看我們的祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们有时去看我们的祖母。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen yǒushí qù kàn wǒmen de zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
    We sometimes visit our grandmother.
  5. to think; to feel (that)
    我看你最好就出發。 [MSC, trad.]
    我看你最好就出发。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ kàn nǐ zuìhǎo jiù chūfā. [Pinyin]
    I think you'd better get going.
  6. to consider; to regard as; to treat like
    他們把他看得一文不值。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们把他看得一文不值。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bǎ tā kàn de yī wén bù zhí. [Pinyin]
    They treat him like dirt.
  7. to depend on
    要看  ―  yào kàn  ―  it depends on...
  8. to treat (a patient or sickness)
  9. Used to indicate the potential mood.
Synonyms
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  • (to look): 盼 (pàn)
Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 視, 見, 看
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 看
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 看, 瞧, 瞅
Taiwan 看
Harbin 看, 瞧
Malaysia 看
Singapore 看
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 看
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 看
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 看
Xi'an 看
Xining 看
Xuzhou 看, 望
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 看
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 看, 𧢭
Wuhan 看, 睄, 瞄
Guiyang 看, 望
Guilin 看
Liuzhou 看
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 看, 瞧
Yangzhou 看, 望, 瞧
Hefei 看, 望
Cantonese Guangzhou 睇, 望
Hong Kong 睇, 望
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 睇
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 睇
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 睇
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 睇
Macau 睇
Macau (Tanka) 睇
Guangzhou (Panyu) 睇
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 睇
Guangzhou (Conghua) 睇
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 睇
Foshan 睇
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 睇
Foshan (Shunde) 睇
Foshan (Sanshui) 睇
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 睇
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 看
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 睇
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 睇
Zhuhai (Doumen) 睇
Jiangmen (Baisha) 睇
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 睇
Taishan 睇, 望
Kaiping (Chikan) 睇
Enping (Niujiang) 睇
Heshan (Yayao) 睇
Dongguan 睇
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 睇
Qingyuan 睇
Fogang 睇
Yingde (Hanguang) 睇
Yangshan 望
Lianshan (Butian) 看
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 望
Shaoguan 睇
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 睇
Renhua 睇
Lechang 睇
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 睇
Sihui 睇
Guangning 睇
Deqing 睇
Huaiji 望
Yunfu 睇
Xinxing 睇
Luoding 睇
Yunan (Pingtai) 睇
Yangjiang 看, 睇, 瞄
Xinyi 睇
Maoming (Xinpo) 睇
Lianjiang 睇
Nanning 睇
Nanning (Tanka) 睇, 望
Wuzhou 睇
Yulin 睇
Hepu (Lianzhou) 看
Guiping 睇
Mengshan (Xihe) 看
Guigang (Nanjiang) 睇
Beiliu (Tangliao) 睇
Baise 睇
Bobai 睇
Lingshan 看
Pubei 睇
Qinzhou 睇
Qinzhou (Changtan) 瞭, 瞫
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 看
Beihai 睇
Beihai (Yingpan) 看
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 睇
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 睇
Ningming 睇
Hengzhou 睇
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 睇
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 睇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 睇
Penang (Guangfu) 睇
Singapore (Guangfu) 睇
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 睇
Móng Cái 睇
Gan Nanchang 看, 相, 望
Lichuan 看
Pingxiang 看
Hakka Meixian 看, 睞
Xingning 看
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 睇
Huiyang 看
Huidong (Daling) 看
Dongguan (Qingxi) 看
Boluo (Bendihua) 睇
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 看
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 看
Heyuan (Bendihua) 睇
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 睇
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 睇
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 看, 睇
Wengyuan 看
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 看
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 看
Liannan 看
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 看
Jiexi 看
Luhe 看
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 䀴
Changting 䀴, 望
Wuping 看
Wuping (Yanqian) 看
Wuping (Pingyu) 看
Liancheng 䀴
Ninghua 䀴
Yudu 看, 望
Ningdu 看
Ruijin 看
Shicheng 看
Shangyou (Shexi) 看
Tonggu (Sandu) 看
Ganzhou (Panlong) 看
Dayu 看
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 看
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 看
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 看, 䀴
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 看, 䀴
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 䀴
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 䀴
Hong Kong 看
Yangxi (Tangkou) 看
Yangchun (Sanjia) 睇
Xinyi (Sihe) 睇
Xinyi (Qianpai) 睇, 看
Gaozhou (Xindong) 睇
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 睇, 看
Huazhou (Xin'an) 看
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 看
Lianjiang (Qingping) 看
Mengshan (Xihe) 看
Luchuan 看
Senai (Huiyang) 看
Kuching (Hepo) 看
Singapore (Dabu) 看
Huizhou Jixi 看, 望
Jin Taiyuan 看, 瞭
Xinzhou 看
Northern Min Jian'ou 覷
Jian'ou (Dikou) 覷
Songxi 䁐
Zhenghe 覷
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 覷
Jianyang 覷
Wuyishan 覷
Pucheng (Shibei) 覷
Eastern Min Fuzhou 看, 覷
Fuzhou (Changle) 覷
Lianjiang 覷
Fuqing 覷
Pingtan 覷
Yongtai 覷
Minqing 覷
Gutian 覷
Pingnan 看
Luoyuan 看
Fu'an 睨
Ningde 看
Xiapu 看
Zherong 看
Shouning 望
Zhouning 睨
Fuding 看
Matsu 看
Sitiawan (Gutian) 看
Southern Min Xiamen 看
Xiamen (Tong'an) 看
Quanzhou 看
Jinjiang 看
Nan'an 看
Shishi 看
Hui'an 看
Anxi 看
Yongchun 看
Dehua 看
Zhangzhou 看
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 看
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 看
Hua'an 看
Nanjing 看
Pinghe 看
Zhangpu 看
Yunxiao 看
Zhao'an 看, 睇
Dongshan 看
Taipei 看
New Taipei (Sanxia) 看
Kaohsiung 看
Tainan 看
Kinmen 看
Penghu (Magong) 看
Penang (Hokkien) 看
Singapore (Hokkien) 看
Manila (Hokkien) 看
Medan (Hokkien) 看
Longyan 䁐
Zhangping 看
Zhangping (Yongfu) 看
Datian 看
Pingnan (Shangdu) 看
Guilin (Biyange) 看
Chaozhou 睇
Raoping 睇
Shantou 睇
Shantou (Chenghai) 睇
Shantou (Chaoyang) 睇
Jieyang 睇
Lufeng 睇
Haifeng 睇
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 睇
Singapore (Teochew) 睇
Pontianak (Teochew) 睇
Leizhou 䁐, 𥆑
Wenchang 望, 䁐
Haikou 望, 䁐
Qionghai 望
Singapore (Hainanese) 望
Puxian Min Putian 看
Xianyou 看
Central Min Yong'an 䁐
Sanming (Sanyuan) 䁐
Sanming (Shaxian) 䁐
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 望, 覷
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 睇
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 看
Shehua Fu'an 睇
Fuding 睇
Luoyuan 睇
Sanming 睇
Shunchang 睇
Hua'an 睇
Guixi (Zhangping) 睇
Cangnan 睇
Jingning (Hexi) 睇
Lishui 睇
Longyou 睇
Chaozhou 睇
Fengshun 睇
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 望
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 望
Luxi (Baisha) 望
Wu Shanghai 看
Shanghai (Chongming) 看
Suzhou 看
Wuxi 看
Danyang 看, 望
Hangzhou 看
Ningbo 看, 相
Wenzhou 眙, 張
Lishui 望
Jinhua 望
Xiang Changsha 看
Loudi 相
Shuangfeng 看, 相
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2

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Note:
  • khan, khàn - literary;
  • khòaⁿ - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 看 (看守)
Mandarin Beijing /kʰan⁵⁵/
Harbin /kʰan⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kʰan²¹/
Jinan /kʰã²¹/
Qingdao /kʰã²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kʰan²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰã²¹/
Xining /kʰã⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰan⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kʰɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /kʰan⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kʰan³⁵/
Chengdu /kʰan¹³/
Guiyang /kʰan²¹³/
Kunming /kʰã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /kʰaŋ³¹/
Hefei /kʰæ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰæ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /kʰø³⁵/
Suzhou /kʰø⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰẽ̞³³/
Wenzhou /kʰø⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kʰɛ³²⁴/
Tunxi /kʰuːə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kʰan³³/
Xiangtan /kʰan⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kʰɵn⁴²/ 養雞
Hakka Meixian /kʰon⁵³/
Taoyuan /kʰon⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɔn⁵³/
Nanning /hɔn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hɔn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰan⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰɑŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
Haikou (Hainanese) /mo²³/ 訓望
Rime
Character 看
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦寒切
Baxter khan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰan/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑn/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hon1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 看
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰˁa[r]/
English to watch, guard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 看
Reading # 1/2
No. 7354
Phonetic
component 		看
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		看
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰaːn/
Definitions
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看

  1. to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on
    他沒有看小孩的本事。 [MSC, trad.]
    他没有看小孩的本事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā méiyǒu kān xiǎohái de běnshì. [Pinyin]
    He's not competent to look after young children.
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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看

  1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 睇

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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看

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. watch over
  2. see

Readings

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  • Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
  • Kun: みる (miru, 看る)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
看
かん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 看 (MC khan|khanH).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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看(かん) • (kan) 

  1. to watch over; to watch attentively

Derived terms

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Korean

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Hanja

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看 (eumhun 볼 간 (bol gan))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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看: Hán Nôm readings: khan, khán, khản

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