Stroke order
看 Kangxi radical 109,目 +4, 9 strokes,cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU ),four-corner 20604 ,composition ⿸龵 目 )
Kangxi Dictionary:page 803 , character 7 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23196 Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 6 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2474, character 3 Unihan data for U+770B Historical forms of the character看 Shuowen Jiezi Han )Liushutong (compiled inMing )Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Transcribed ancient scripts
L05872
References :
Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation ),
Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),Liushutong (Liushutong characters) andYinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 手 ( “ hand ” ) + 目 ( “ eye ” ) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.
STEDT compares it toProto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) ( “ to know; to see ” ) .
Also compareTibetan མཁན་པོ ( mkhan po ,“ professor; abbot ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :kàn (kan4 )(Zhuyin :ㄎㄢˋ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :kan4 (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :кан (kan, III)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :hon3 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :hon1 Gan (Wiktionary :kon3 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :khon (Hailu ,HRS :konˇ (Meixian ,Guangdong :kon4 Jin (Wiktionary :kan3 Northern Min (KCR :kāng Eastern Min (BUC :káng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing kua4 / kuann4 / kang4 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :khòaⁿ /khàn (Teochew ,Peng'im :kang3 Wu (Northern Wugniu :5 khoe /5 khaenXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :kan4 Note :
kua4/kuann4 - vernacular; kang4 - literary. Note :
khòaⁿ - vernacular; khàn - literary. Note : kang3 - literary (in
看相 ).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 看 Reading # 2/2 Modern kàn Middle ‹ khanH › Old /*[kʰ]ˁa[r]-s/ English gaze at Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 看 Reading # 2/2 No. 7355 Phonetic 看 Rime 元 Rime 1 Corresponding 侃 Old /*kʰaːns/
看
( intransitive , transitive ) look ; tosee ; towatch 看 電影 ／ 看 电影 kàn diànyǐngwatch a movie( transitive ) read 看 報紙 ／ 看 报纸 kàn bàozhǐread the newspaper( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese , transitive ) 出門 蹉跌 ，看 道 後 旅 。[Classical Chinese ,trad. 出门 蹉跌 ，看 道 后 旅 。[Classical Chinese ,simp. From: Jiao Gong ,Yilin st centuryBCE Chūmén cuōdiē,kàn dào hòu lǚ. [Pinyin] (please add an English translation of this usage example) ( transitive ) visit ; tocall on 我們 有時 去 看 我們 的 祖母 。[MSC ,trad. 我们 有时 去 看 我们 的 祖母 。[MSC ,simp. Wǒmen yǒushí qùkàn wǒmen de zǔmǔ. [Pinyin] We sometimesvisit our grandmother. tothink ; tofeel (that)我 看 你 最好 就 出發 。[MSC ,trad. 我 看 你 最好 就 出发 。[MSC ,simp. Wǒkàn nǐ zuìhǎo jiù chūfā. [Pinyin] Ithink you'd better get going. toconsider ; toregard as; totreat like他們 把 他 看 得 一文不值 。[MSC ,trad. 他们 把 他 看 得 一文不值 。[MSC ,simp. Tāmen bǎ tākàn de yīwénbùzhí. [Pinyin] Theytreat him like dirt. todepend on要 看 yàokàn depends on... totreat (apatient orsickness ) Used to indicate the potential mood. Dialectal synonyms of
看 (“to look”)
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Mandarin Cantonese Gan Hakka Jin Northern Min Eastern Min Southern Min (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou GeneralTaiwanese ) (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou Jinjiang GeneralTaiwanese ) (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou Jinjiang GeneralTaiwanese ) Note :
khan, khàn - literary; khòaⁿ - vernacular. Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 看 Reading # 1/2 Modern kān Middle ‹ khan › Old /*kʰˁa[r]/ English to watch, guard Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 看 Reading # 1/2 No. 7354 Phonetic 看 Rime 元 Rime 1 Corresponding 看 Old /*kʰaːn/
看
tolook after ; totake care of ; totend ; tokeep an eye on 他 沒有 看 小孩 的 本事 。[MSC ,trad. 他 没有 看 小孩 的 本事 。[MSC ,simp. Tā méiyǒukān xiǎohái de běnshì. [Pinyin] He's not competent tolook after young children. 看
( Teochew ) alternative form of睇 看
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji )
watch over see FromMiddle Chinese 看 MC | khanH
看( かん ) • (kan
towatch over ; towatch attentively 看護( かんご ) ( kango ) :nursing ,patient care 看護師( かんごし ) ( kangoshi ) :nurse 看守( かんしゅ ) ( kanshu ) :prison guard ,jailer 看板( かんばん ) ( kanban ) :signboard ,shop sign ,billboard 看病( かんびょう ) ( kanbyō ) :nursing (taking care of a sick person)看過( かんか ) ( kanka ) :overlook ,let pass 看做( みな ) す( minasu ) : toregard as , todeem 看視( かんし ) ( kanshi ) :guarding ,watching 看破( かんぱ ) ( kanpa ) :see through ,discern ,penetrate (a lie, trick, etc.)看取( みと ) り( mitori ) :nursing orattending someone in their last moments看取( みと ) り図( ず ) ( mitorizu ) :floor plan ,layout diagram 看守所( かんしゅじょ ) ( kanshujo ) :guardroom ,prison guard office 看做( みな ) される( minasareru ) : to beregarded as , to beconsidered 看 (eumhun 볼 간 ( bol gan ) )
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