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U+898B, 見
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-898B

[U+898A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+898C]
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U+2F92, ⾒
KANGXI RADICAL SEE

[U+2F91]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F93]
U+FA0A, 見
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA0A

[U+FA09]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA0B]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 147, +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹山 (BUHU), four-corner 60210, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #147, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1133, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34796
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1599, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3663, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+898B
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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(eye) + (kneeling person) – a kneeling human figure with a large eye for a head. Similar but unrelated to . See also and .

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ken.

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • ging4 - vernacular;
  • geng4 - literary.

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Definitions

  1. to see
    從來那麼 [MSC, trad.]
    从来那么 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ cónglái méi jiàn guò nàme dà de. [Pinyin]
    I never saw one as big as that before.
    [MSC, trad.]
    [MSC, simp.]
    yī rì bù jiàn, rú gé sān qiū [Pinyin]
    (idiom) one day apart (not seeing [each other]) seems like three years
    真係 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    真系 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 gin3 gwo3 mei6 aa3? ngo5 gin3 gwo3, ngo5 zan1 hai6 gin3 gwo3. [Jyutping]
    Have you ever seen [it]? I've seen [it]; I've really seen [it] (object unspecified).
    [Cantonese]   m4 gin3 jau5 [Jyutping]   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam3 do1 jan4 sei2 m4 gin3 nei5 sei2? [Jyutping]
    Why don’t you go kill yourself? Literally, So many people die, [yet] I don't see you die?
  2. to meet; to see
    我們點鐘我们点钟   Wǒmen bā diǎnzhōng jiàn.   We'll meet at eight.
    女士 [MSC, trad.]
    女士 [MSC, simp.]
    Yǒu wèi nǚshì děng zhe yào jiàn nǐ. [Pinyin]
    There's a lady waiting to see you.
  3. to meet with; to be exposed to
    膠卷不能胶卷不能   Jiāojuǎn bùnéng jiàn guāng.   Films cannot be exposed to light.
       jiàn shuǐ jí róng   to dissolve upon exposure to water
  4. to see; to refer to; vide
       jiàn xià yè   Please refer to next page.
  5. to appear; to seem
       jiàn   to appear, to seem
  6. opinion, idea, view
       jiànjiě   opinion, view
       jiàn   opinion, idea
    謀殺販毒有關 [MSC, trad.]
    谋杀贩毒有关 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī nǐ zhī jiàn, zhè qǐ móushā àn gēn fàndú yǒuguān ma? [Pinyin]
    In your opinion, could the murder be drug - related?
  7. used after some verbs to indicate the result
       kànjiàn   to see
       tīng de jiàn   able to hear
       mèngjiàn   to have a dream about'
  8. (Cantonese) to feel (something about or in one's body)
    頭暈头晕 [Cantonese]   gin3 tau4 wan4 [Jyutping]   to feel dizzy
    而家好返 [Cantonese, trad.]
    而家好返 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 ji4 gaa1 gin3 dim2 aa3? hou2 faan1 di1 mei6? [Jyutping]
    How are you feeling right now? Better?
  9. (literary, used before a verb) (to have something done) by (someone or something)
    Synonym:
  10. (literary) used to before a verb to indicate the action towards the speaker
       Qǐng jiànliàng.   Please forgive me.
  11. (Hokkien) something happens every time something else happens (placed before two verbs)
    [Hokkien, trad.]
    [Hokkien, simp.]
    kìⁿ phah kìⁿ iâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    one wins every time one competes
  12. (Hokkien) to have a contest; to compete
    公母 [Hokkien, trad.]
    公母 [Hokkien, simp.]
    kìⁿ-kang-bú [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    to fight it out; to compete
  13. (Mainland China Hokkien) every; each
    [Hokkien, trad.]
    [Hokkien, simp.]
    Kìⁿ lâng kè ài. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Every person loves it.
  14. () (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC kenH)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2



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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of (xiàn, “to appear”).

Compounds

  • 圖窮匕見 / 图穷匕见 (túqióngbǐxiàn)
  • 尸居龍見 / 尸居龙见
  • 層出疊見 / 层出叠见 (céngchūdiéxiàn)
  • 層見疊出 / 层见叠出 (céngxiàndiéchū)
  • 情見乎言 / 情见乎言
  • 情見乎辭 / 情见乎辞
  • 情見力屈 / 情见力屈
  • 情見勢屈 / 情见势屈
  • 情見勢竭 / 情见势竭
  • 捉襟肘見 / 捉襟肘见
  • 捉襟見肘 / 捉襟见肘
  • 掣襟肘見 / 掣襟肘见
  • 時窮節乃見 / 时穷节乃见 (shíqióngjiénǎixiàn)
  • 時隱時見 / 时隐时见
  • 書讀百遍,其義自見 / 书读百遍,其义自见
  • 氣充文見 / 气充文见
  • 瑕瑜互見 / 瑕瑜互见
  • 自見 / 自见
  • 見世報 / 见世报
  • 見在 / 见在 (xiànzài)
  • 見在佛 / 见在佛
  • 見意 / 见意
  • 見成 / 见成
  • 見糧 / 见粮
  • 見錢 / 见钱
  • 讀書百遍,其義自見 / 读书百遍,其义自见
  • 踵決肘見 / 踵决肘见
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