see

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictographic representation of the human eye in ancient script. It denotes the action of observing or perceiving what is visible.

Mnemonic: The shape of the "see" radical resembles an open eye with eyelashes, evoking the act of looking and perceiving.

• 见jiàn🔊

  to see

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 观guān🔊

  to look at

  6 strokes

• 觃yàn🔊

  (used in place names)

  7 strokes

• 视shì🔊

  variant of 視|视[shi4]

  8 strokes

• 觅mì🔊

  (literary) to seek

  8 strokes

• 规guī🔊

  variant of 規|规[gui1]

  8 strokes

• 觉jué🔊

  to feel

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 覌guān🔊

  variant of 觀|观[guan1]

  9 strokes

• 觇chān🔊

  to observe

  9 strokes

• 览lǎn🔊

  to look at

  9 strokes

• 觊jì🔊

  to covet

  10 strokes

• 覐jué🔊

  old variant of 覺|觉[jue2]

  11 strokes

• 觋xí🔊

  wizard

  11 strokes

• 觌dí🔊

  face to face

  12 strokes

• 觍tiǎn🔊

  shameful

  12 strokes

• 觎yú🔊

  to desire passionately

  13 strokes

• 觏gòu🔊

  complete

  14 strokes

• 觐jìn🔊

  (history) to have an audience with the Emperor

  15 strokes

• 觑qù🔊

  to spy

  15 strokes

• 亲qīn🔊

  parent

  HSK 3

  16 strokes