The Chinese Radical: 见


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Meaning
to see    见

Explanation This radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye on legs ", expressing a "looking around".

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
present, now, existing, current, appear
xiàn
Left: king, jade , right: to see /見 (an eye on legs )
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now.
JLPT HSK 1
to see, to meet, to appear, to interview
jiàn, xiàn

Simplified from 見, which shows an eye on legs , as: 'walking eyes' when: seeing / watching.
JLPT HSK 1
a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
jiào, jué
From top: light rays , cover: , to see /見 (= an eye on legs )
When the sunshin falls through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep.
JLPT HSK 1
to look at, to regard, to inspect
shì
Left: to show 礻/ (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood ), right: to see /見 (an eye on legs = looking around)
When the shown is seen by you, then you: look at it.
JLPT HSK 4
mirror, lens
jìng
Left: metal 钅/, right: actually (to stand and a variation of the traditional: 'to see': 見, therefore: "to practically see") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to ]
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror.
JLPT HSK 4
regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
guī
Left: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.), right: see/look /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
The husband looks after the regulations.
JLPT HSK 4
to look at, watch, observe, Taoist monastery
guān, guàn
Left: again (image of a hand), right: to see /見 (.. an eye on legs ), (cf.看)
With the hand and seeing to look at sth.
JLPT HSK 5
to look at, to view, to read
lǎn
Top: knife and half bamboo = cut bamboo, bottom: see /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
The cut bamboo is what I am looking at.
JLPT HSK 5
wide, broad, spaciousm, lenient
kuān
Top: roof , below: 苋 (plant , see /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
From the roof, the plants, which I can see are (everywhere): widely and broadly.
JLPT HSK 6
warship
jiàn
Left boat (rowing boat with two persons ), right to see /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
A boat that is well visible (because of its size) is the warship.
JLPT HSK 6
to disturb, to annoy, to mix, to stir
jiǎo
Left: hand , right: awake 觉 (When the light beams fall through the cover on your seeing /見 eyes you awake from sleep)
A hand, that just awakes, disturbs.
JLPT HSK 6
seek, to look for, search

Top: hand reaching down , bottom: to see /見 (an eye on legs )
If the hand reaching down wants to "see" (= feel, grope) something, it: seeks.
JLPT no HSK
to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
kuī
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband looks /見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on.
JLPT no HSK
to seize, to grasp, to take hold of, monopolize
lǎn
Left: hand , right: to look at (The cut bamboo is what I am looking /見 at.)
The hand wants the cut bamboo, which he saw and: seizes it.
JLPT no HSK
heavy duty rope, cable, hawser, to moor
lǎn
Left: thread 纟/, right: to look at (The cut bamboo is what I am looking /見 at.)
Actually just a thread, but like a cut bamboo (tree)! That's how it looks like: The heavy duty rope.
JLPT no HSK
to spy, watch for

Left: void, emptiness (The tiger's hole is void.) [ = hollow volcanic vent], right: sehen /見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.
JLPT no HSK
olive
lǎn
Left: tree , right: to look at, to view (The cut bamboo is what I am looking /見 at)
At this tree you should look at: the olive.

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