HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

Stroke order of 看见

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

看 · 9 strokes 见 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Your hand shades your eye to look "看", and the eye on legs "见" finally sees.

Parts: 看 look (hand 龵 + eye 目) + 见 see

The characters in 看见

看 kàn — to look; to watch; to read (9 strokes)
见 jiàn — to see; to meet (4 strokes)

Example sentence

你看见我的猫了吗？

Did you see my cat?

Words with 看

看病to see a doctor 好看good-looking 看to look; to watch; to read 看到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 见

再见goodbye 听见to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 常见common; commonly seen 意见opinion; complaint 见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰见to run into

More words: Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看到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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