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Total strokes: 9; Radical: 目
Ideographic: Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance
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  • Pinyin: kàn

    English Definition: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (an illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after verb) to give it a try; Watch out! (for a danger)
    Chinese Definition:
    ①使视线接触人或物：看见。看书。看齐。
    ②观察，判断：看病。观看。看好(根据市场情况，估计某种商品好销)。看透(透彻深刻地了解或认识。亦称“看破”、“看穿”)。看风使舵。
    ③访问，拜望：看望。看朋友。
    ④照应，对待：看重(zhòng)。看轻。看待。
    ⑤想，以为：看法。
    ⑥先试试以观察它的结果：做做看。
    ⑦提防，小心：别跑，看摔着。
    ⑧安排：看茶。看酒。看座。
    Example Words:
    看见 [ kàn jiàn ]: to see; to catch sight of
    看法 [ kàn fǎ ]: way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; Classifiers: 个
    看望 [ kàn wàng ]: to visit; to pay a call to
    看不起 [ kàn bu qǐ ]: to look down upon; to despise
    看待 [ kàn dài ]: to look upon; to regard
    More: 看* | *看 | *看*
  • Pinyin: kān

    English Definition: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
    Chinese Definition:
    ①守护，监视：看护。看押。看门。看青(看守正在结实还未成熟的庄稼)。
    Example Words:
    看守 [ kān shǒu ]: to guard; to watch over
    看护 [ kān hù ]: to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse
    看守者 [ kān shǒu zhě ]: watchman
    看家 [ kān jiā ]: to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding
    看押 [ kān yā ]: to detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily
    More: 看* | *看 | *看*
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