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Translingual
Han character
看 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU), four-corner 20604, composition ⿸龵目)
Derived characters
References
- 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
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.
Etymology 1
STEDT compares it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know; to see”).
Also compare Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “professor; abbot”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): kon3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): kan3
- Northern Min (KCR): kāng
- Eastern Min (BUC): káng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kua4 / kuann4 / kang4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5khoe / 5khaen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
- Wade–Giles: kʻan4
- Yale: kàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
- Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: kan4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰan²¹³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кан (kan, III)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰæ̃⁴⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hon3
- Yale: hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hon1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hᵘɔn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: kon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɵn²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
- Hakka Romanization System: kon
- Hagfa Pinyim: kon4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: konˇ
- Sinological IPA: /kʰon¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kan3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kua4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kua̍ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰua⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kuann4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰũã⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kang4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̍ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaŋ⁴²/
- (Putian)
Note:
- kua4/kuann4 - vernacular;
- kang4 - literary.
- Southern Min
- khòaⁿ - vernacular;
- khàn - literary.
Note:
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: khanH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤa[r]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːns/
Definitions
看
- (intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
- (transitive) to read
- 永叔謂為文有三多：看多、做多、商量多也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 11th century, 陳師道 (Chen Shidao), 《後山詩話》
- Yǒngshū wèi wèi wén yǒu sānduō: kàn duō, zuò duō, shāngliàng duō yě. [Pinyin]
- Yongshu said that in writing, there are three things to do much of. These are reading much, writing much, and revising much.
永叔谓为文有三多：看多、做多、商量多也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, transitive) to observe; to check
- (transitive) to visit; to call on
- to think; to feel (that)
- to consider; to regard as; to treat like
- to depend on
- 要看 ― yào kàn ― it depends on...
- to treat (a patient or sickness)
- Used to indicate the potential mood.
Synonyms
- (to look): 盼 (pàn)
Compounds
- 一眼看破
- 下眼相看
- 不值一看
- 不好看
- 不用看
- 不看僧面看佛面
- 不看金面看佛面
- 中看 (zhōngkàn)
- 乍看 (zhàkàn)
- 五牲看碗
- 仰看
- 佛眼相看
- 俯看 (fǔkàn)
- 做好看
- 傳看 / 传看 (chuánkàn)
- 刮目相看 (guāmùxiāngkàn)
- 參看 / 参看 (cānkàn)
- 可看性
- 另眼看待
- 另眼相看 (lìngyǎnxiāngkàn)
- 吃一看二
- 向錢看 / 向钱看
- 好看 (hǎokàn)
- 好看錢 / 好看钱
- 定睛一看
- 定睛細看 / 定睛细看
- 密看
- 察看 (chákàn)
- 對看 / 对看
- 小看 (xiǎokàn)
- 打看
- 探看 (tànkàn)
- 攧攧看 / 𭣇𭣇看
- 收看 (shōukàn)
- 新書看板 / 新书看板
- 有戲看 / 有戏看
- 有看頭 / 有看头 (yǒukàntou)
- 查看 (chákàn)
- 橫看 / 横看
- 沒看頭 / 没看头
- 活動看板 / 活动看板
- 照看 (zhàokàn)
- 百看不厭 / 百看不厌 (bǎikànbùyàn)
- 看上 (kànshàng)
- 看上了
- 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
- 看不上
- 看不下去
- 看不來 / 看不来
- 看不出 (kànbùchū)
- 看不得 (kànbudé)
- 看不慣 / 看不惯 (kànbùguàn)
- 看不見 / 看不见 (kànbujiàn)
- 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
- 看不透
- 看不過 / 看不过
- 看不過去 / 看不过去 (kànbuguòqù)
- 看中 (kànzhòng)
- 看中了
- 看事做事
- 看人下菜
- 看人眉睫
- 看人行事
- 看低
- 看你
- 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
- 看俏
- 看個究竟 / 看个究竟
- 看做 (kànzuò)
- 看冷暖
- 看出 (kànchū)
- 看出了神
- 看取
- 看呆
- 看圖說話 / 看图说话
- 看坐兒 / 看坐儿
- 看報 / 看报 (kànbào)
- 看天吃飯 / 看天吃饭 (kàntiānchīfàn)
- 看天田
- 看好 (kànhǎo)
- 看官 (kànguān)
- 看小
- 看席
- 看座 (kànzuò)
- 看待 (kàndài)
- 看得上眼
- 看得見 / 看得见 (kàndejiàn)
- 看得起 (kàndeqǐ)
- 看得開 / 看得开
- 看情形
- 看慣 / 看惯
- 看成 (kànchéng)
- 看戲 / 看戏 (kànxì)
- 看扁 (kànbiǎn)
- 看手相
- 看承
- 看把戲 / 看把戏
- 看文巨眼
- 看文老眼
- 看日子
- 看景生情
- 看更
- 看書 / 看书 (kànshū)
- 看望 (kànwàng)
- 看朱成碧
- 看板
- 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
- 看死 (kànsǐ)
- 看法 (kànfǎ)
- 看清 (kànqīng)
- 看淡後市 / 看淡后市
- 看準 / 看准
- 看漲 / 看涨
- 看熱鬧 / 看热闹 (kàn rènao)
- 看病 (kànbìng)
- 看白戲 / 看白戏
- 看相 (kànxiàng)
- 看看 (kànkàn)
- 看破 (kànpò)
- 看破紅塵 / 看破红尘
- 看穿 (kànchuān)
- 看笑話 / 看笑话 (kànxiàohuà)
- 看終了 / 看终了
- 看脈 / 看脉 (kànmài)
- 看臉子 / 看脸子
- 看臺 / 看台 (kàntái)
- 看茶 (kànchá)
- 看著辦 / 看著办
- 看見 / 看见 (kànjiàn)
- 看覓 / 看觅 (khòaⁿ-māi)
- 看親 / 看亲
- 看覷 / 看觑
- 看話禪 / 看话禅
- 看走眼 (kànzǒuyǎn)
- 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
- 看跌
- 看輕 / 看轻 (kànqīng)
- 看轎 / 看轿
- 看透 (kàntòu)
- 看酒
- 看醫生 / 看医生 (kàn yīshēng)
- 看重 (kànzhòng)
- 看錯 / 看错 (kàncuò)
- 看開 / 看开 (kànkāi)
- 看頭 / 看头 (kàntou)
- 看顧 / 看顾 (kàngù)
- 看風使帆 / 看风使帆
- 看風使船 / 看风使船
- 看風使舵 / 看风使舵 (kànfēngshǐduò)
- 看風向 / 看风向
- 看風色 / 看风色
- 看風行事 / 看风行事
- 看風轉舵 / 看风转舵
- 看風頭 / 看风头
- 看香頭的 / 看香头的
- 看齊 / 看齐 (kànqí)
- 眼看著
- 矮人看場 / 矮人看场
- 矮子看戲 / 矮子看戏 (ǎizikànxì)
- 細看 / 细看 (xìkàn)
- 耐看 (nàikàn)
- 蔡澤看相 / 蔡泽看相
- 行看子
- 要人好看
- 觀看 / 观看 (guānkàn)
- 試看 / 试看 (shìkàn)
- 試試看 / 试试看
- 走馬看花 / 走马看花 (zǒumǎkànhuā)
- 踏看
- 轉看轉好 / 转看转好
- 連連看 / 连连看
- 閘看 / 闸看
- 難看 / 难看 (nánkàn)
- 電子看板 / 电子看板
- 電腦看板 / 电脑看板
- 霧裡看花 / 雾里看花 (wùlǐkànhuā)
- 飽看 / 饱看
- 驗看 / 验看
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): kon1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): kan1
- Northern Min (KCR): kāng
- Eastern Min (BUC): káng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1khoe / 1khaen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kān
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kan
- Wade–Giles: kʻan1
- Yale: kān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
- Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰän⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: kan4 / kan1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan / kan
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰan²¹³/, /kʰan⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: hon1
- Yale: hōn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon1
- Guangdong Romanization: hon1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hon1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hᵘɔn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: kon1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɵn⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
- Hakka Romanization System: kon
- Hagfa Pinyim: kon4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: kan1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- khan, khàn - literary;
- khòaⁿ - vernacular.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: khan
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤa[r]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːn/
Definitions
看
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): toin2
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: toin2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰõĩ⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Definitions
看
Further reading
- “看”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese
Kanji
看
- watch over
- see
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 看 (MC khan|khanH).
Pronunciation
Affix
- to watch over; to watch attentively
Derived terms
- 看護 (kango): nursing, patient care
- 看護師 (kangoshi): nurse
- 看守 (kanshu): prison guard, jailer
- 看板 (kanban): signboard, shop sign, billboard
- 看病 (kanbyō): nursing (taking care of a sick person)
- 看過 (kanka): overlook, let pass
- 看做す (minasu): to regard as, to deem
- 看視 (kanshi): guarding, watching
- 看破 (kanpa): see through, discern, penetrate (a lie, trick, etc.)
- 看取り (mitori): nursing or attending someone in their last moments
- 看取り図 (mitorizu): floor plan, layout diagram
- 看守所 (kanshujo): guardroom, prison guard office
- 看做される (minasareru): to be regarded as, to be considered
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
看: Hán Nôm readings: khan, khán, khản
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References
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