Memory phrase for the character: 视
视
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
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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
重视 zhòng shì
to attach importance to sth; to value
1290
藐视一切
miǎo shì yī qiè
to look down upon everything
9425
藐视 miǎo shì
to despise; to look down on
9424
觑视 qù shì
to look; to gaze
8870
视如敝屣
shì rú bì xǐ
to regard like a pair of worn-out shoes; to look on sth as worthless
8263
窥视 kuī shì
to peep at; to spy on; to peek
7038
鄙视 bǐ shì
to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
6485
俯视 fǔ shì
to overlook; to look down at
5921
透视 tòu shì
to see through; perspective; to examine by fluoroscopy (i.e. X-ray)
2880
电视机 diàn shì jī
television set
2879
注视 zhù shì
to watch attentively; to gaze
2878
注视 zhù shì
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