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现 |
present, now, existing, current, appear
Left: king, jade 王, right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
(The overview) of the king sees it presently now. |
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见 |
to see, to meet, to appear, to interview
Simplified from 見, which shows an eye 目 on legs 儿, as: 'walking eyes' when: seeing / watching. |
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觉 |
a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
From top: light rays  , cover: 冖, to see 见/見 (= an eye 目 on legs 儿) When the light rays fall through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep. |
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视 |
to look at, to regard, to inspect
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 |
mirror, lens
Left: metal 钅/金, right: actually 竟 (to stand 立 and a variation of seeing: 見, therefore: "almost seeing") ['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 |
regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
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 |
to look at, watch, observe, Taoist monastery
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 |
to look at, to view, to read
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 |
wide, broad, spaciousm, lenient
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 |
warship
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 |
to disturb, to annoy, to mix, to stir
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 |
seek, to look for, search
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 |
to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
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 |
to seize, to grasp, to take hold of, monopolize
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 |
heavy duty rope, cable, hawser, to moor
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to look at 览 (The cut刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at)
Actually a thread, but like a cut bamboo (tree) it is looking: The heavy duty rope |
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觑 |
to spy, watch for
Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 [= hollow volcanic vent] is void), right: sehen 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for. |
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榄 |
olive
Left: tree 木, right: to look at, to view 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at)
This tree you should look at: the olive. |
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