Memory phrase for the Kanji: 视


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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


 
When the shown is seen by you, then you: look at it.

Radicals

to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
to seeThis 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
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  


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