The Chinese Radical: 览


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Meaning
to look at    览

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
to look at, to view, to read
lǎn
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.  
no HSK
to seize, to grasp, to take hold of, monopolize
lǎn
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.  
no HSK
heavy duty rope, cable, hawser, to moor
lǎn
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.  
no HSK
olive
lǎn
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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