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看

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

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 看
alternative forms 㸔

Glyph originEdit

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): 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.

Etymology 1Edit

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 1Edit

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 (Min Nan) /kʰan²¹/
/kʰuã²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰɑŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰaŋ²¹³/
/kʰuã²¹³/
/tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
Haikou (Min Nan) /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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰanH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑnH/
Bernard
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/
DefinitionsEdit

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. † (transitive) to observe; to check
    出門蹉跌，看道後旅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    出门蹉跌，看道后旅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Jiao Gong, Yilin, 1st century BCE
    Chūmén cuōdiē, kàn dào hòu lǚ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this 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.
SynonymsEdit
  • (to look): 盼 (pàn)
Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 視, 見, 看
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 看
Mandarin Beijing 看, 瞧, 瞅
Taiwan 看
Harbin 看, 瞧
Yantai (Muping) 看
Jinan 看
Wanrong 看
Xi'an 看
Xining 看
Ürümqi 看
Wuhan 看, 睄, 瞄
Chengdu 看, 𧢭
Guiyang 看, 望
Guilin 看
Liuzhou 看
Xuzhou 看, 望
Yangzhou 看, 望, 瞧
Nanjing 看, 瞧
Hefei 看, 望
Malaysia 看
Singapore 看
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
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) 睇
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
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
Beihai 睇
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 睇
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 睇
Ningming 睇
Hengxian 睇
Hezhou (Pumen) 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
Huizhou Jixi 看, 望
Jin Taiyuan 看, 瞭
Xinzhou 看
Min Bei Jian'ou 覷
Jian'ou (Dikou) 覷
Songxi 䁐
Zhenghe 覷
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 覷
Jianyang 覷
Wuyishan 覷
Pucheng (Shibei) 覷
Min Dong Fuzhou 看, 覷
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
Manjung (Gutian) 看
Min Nan 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
Wenchang 望, 䁐
Haikou 望, 䁐
Qionghai 望
Singapore (Hainanese) 望
Puxian Min Putian 看
Xianyou 看
Min Zhong Yong'an 䁐
Sanyuan 䁐
Shaxian 䁐
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 望, 覷
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 睇
Lishui 睇
Longyou 睇
Chaozhou 睇
Fengshun 睇
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 望
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 望
Luxi (Baisha) 望
Wu Shanghai 看, 望
Shanghai (Chongming) 看
Suzhou 看, 望
Danyang 看, 望
Hangzhou 看
Ningbo 看, 相
Wenzhou 眙, 張
Jinhua 望
Xiang Changsha 看
Loudi 相
Shuangfeng 看, 相
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 看

Pronunciation 2Edit

Note:
  • khan, khàn - literary;
  • khòaⁿ - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • 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 (Min Nan) /kʰan⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰɑŋ²¹²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
    Haikou (Min Nan) /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
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kʰɑn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʰɑn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kʰɑn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kʰan/
    Li
    Rong         		/kʰɑn/
    Wang
    Li         		/kʰɑn/
    Bernard
    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/
    DefinitionsEdit

    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.
    CompoundsEdit
    Derived terms from 看

    Etymology 2Edit

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    看

    1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 睇.

    Further readingEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    看

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. watch over
    2. see

    ReadingsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

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

    From Middle Chinese 看 (MC kʰɑn, kʰɑnH).

    PronunciationEdit

    AffixEdit

    看(かん) • (kan) 

    1. to watch over; to watch attentively

    Derived termsEdit

    Derived terms

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    看 (eumhun 볼 간 (bol gan))

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    看: Hán Nôm readings: khan, khán, khản

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    ReferencesEdit

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