The Chinese Radical: 览


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Meaning
to look at    览

Explanation

Used in these characters:
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 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
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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