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to see 见
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Explanation |
This radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye 目 on legs 儿", expressing a "looking around".
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Used in these characters:
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现
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| present, now, existing, current, appear
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Left: king, jade 王, right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now. |
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见
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to see, to meet, to appear, to interview
jiàn, xiàn
见
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Simplified from 見, which shows an eye 目 on legs 儿, as: 'walking eyes' when: seeing / watching. |
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觉
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
jiào, jué
冖
见
儿
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From top: light rays , cover: 冖, to see 见/見 (= an eye 目 on legs 儿)
When the sunshin falls through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep. |
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视
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to look at, to regard, to inspect
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Left: to show 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八), right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
When the shown is seen by you, then you: look at it. |
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镜
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| mirror, lens
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: actually 竟 (to stand 立 and a variation of the traditional: 'to see': 見, therefore: "to practically see") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to 见]
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror. |
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规
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
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Left: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), right: see/look 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
The husband looks after the regulations. |
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观
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to look at, watch, observe, Taoist monastery
guān, guàn
又
见
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Left: again 又 (image of a hand), right: to see 见/見 (.. an eye 目 on legs 儿), (cf.看)
With the hand and seeing to look at sth. |
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览
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to look at, to view, to read
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Top: knife 刂 and half bamboo 竹 = cut bamboo, bottom: see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
The cut bamboo is what I am looking at. |
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宽
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| wide, broad, spaciousm, lenient
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Top: roof 宀, below: 苋 (plant 艹, see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
From the roof, the plants, which I can see are (everywhere): widely and broadly. |
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舰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| warship
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Left boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right to see 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
A boat that is well visible (because of its size) is the warship. |
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搅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to disturb, to annoy, to mix, to stir
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Left: hand 扌, right: awake 觉 (When the light beams fall through the cover 冖 on your seeing 见/見 eyes 目 you awake from sleep)
A hand, that just awakes, disturbs. |
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觅
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| seek, to look for, search
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Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
If the hand reaching down wants to "see" (= feel, grope) something, it: seeks. |
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窥
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband 夫 looks 见/見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on. |
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揽
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to seize, to grasp, to take hold of, monopolize
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Left: hand 扌, right: to look at 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at.)
The hand wants the cut bamboo, which he saw and: seizes it. |
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缆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| heavy duty rope, cable, hawser, to moor
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Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to look at 览 (The cut刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at.)
Actually just a thread, but like a cut bamboo (tree)! That's how it looks like: The heavy duty rope. |
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觑
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to spy, watch for
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Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: sehen 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for. |
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榄
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JLPT no HSK |
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| olive
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Left: tree 木, right: to look at, to view 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at)
At this tree you should look at: the olive. |
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