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Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.
Components
目 Meaning component
mù eye
Notes
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Historical Evolution
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
看 [kān]
to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
看 [kàn]
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (an illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after verb) to give it a try; Watch out! (for a danger)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
看 いくひろ
Ikuhiro unclassified name
看 いくま
Ikuma unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
看看 [kànkan] #177
to take a look at
看见 [kànjiàn] #312
to see
看见 [kànjiàn] #312
to see
看来 [kànlai] #453
apparently
看来 [kànlai] #453
apparently
看上去 [kànshangqu] #588
it would appear
好看 [hǎokàn] #1,993
good-looking
看法 [kànfǎ] #1,797
way of looking at a thing
看出 [kànchū] #4,732
to make out
看起来 [kànqǐlai] #3,072
seemingly
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JAPANESE WORDS (120)
⭐ 看板 [かんばん] #3,918
signboard
⭐ 看病 [かんびょう] #7,414
nursing (a patient)
⭐ 見破る [みやぶる] #7,531
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.)
⭐ 見なす [みなす] #7,999
to regard (as)
⭐ 看護師 [かんごし] #8,547
(hospital) nurse
看破 [かんぱ] #15,751
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies)
⭐ 看護婦 [かんごふ] #16,228
(female) nurse
⭐ 看過 [かんか] #17,418
overlooking
⭐ 看護 [かんご] #18,957
nursing
⭐ 看守 [かんしゅ] #19,561
prison guard
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