HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

看到

kàn dào

to see

Stroke order of 看到

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

看 · 9 strokes 到 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

看 is a hand 手 shading an eye 目; 到 means it reached you, so you caught sight.

Parts: 看 look + 到 (result) arrive

The characters in 看到

看 kàn — to look; to watch; to read (9 strokes)
到 dào — to arrive; to reach (8 strokes)

Example sentence

我看到他在公园里。

I saw him in the park.

Words with 看

看病to see a doctor 好看good-looking 看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 看法view; opinion 难看ugly 观看to watch 收看to watch (TV)看起来to look; it seems 看上去to look; it seems

Words with 到

找到to find 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 到to arrive; to reach 听到to hear 得到to get; to receive 等到by the time; to wait until 到处everywhere 感到to feel 想到to think of 做到to achieve; to manage to do 送到to deliver to 收到to receive 接到to receive 受到to receive; to be given 拿到to get; to obtain 见到to see; to meet 碰到to run into

More words: Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 开to open; to drive 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 打开to open; to turn on 等to wait 帮to help 帮忙to help; to do a favor

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