Memory phrase for the Kanji: 视
视
Hanzi-Trainer
Meaning
to look at, to regard, to inspect
Pronunciation
shì
Explanation
Left: to show 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八), right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
Mnemonic
Show English
When the shown is seen by you, then you: look at it.
Radicals
示
to show, altar Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
见
to see This radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye 目 on legs 儿", expressing a "looking around".
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Vocabulary
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重视
zhòng shì
to attach importance to sth; to value
藐视一切
miǎo shì yī qiè
to look down upon everything
藐视
miǎo shì
to despise; to look down on
觑视
qù shì
to look; to gaze
视如敝屣
shì rú bì xǐ
to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes; to look on sth as worthless
窥视
kuī shì
to peep at; to spy on; to peek
鄙视
bǐ shì
to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
俯视
fǔ shì
to overlook; to look down at
透视
tòu shì
to see through; perspective; to examine by fluoroscopy (i.e. X-ray)
电视机
diàn shì jī
television set
注视
zhù shì
to watch attentively; to gaze
注视
zhù shì