HSK 3 · Clear & Obvious

看起来

kàn qǐ lai

to look; it seems

Stroke order of 看起来

3 characters, 26 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

看 · 9 strokes 起 · 10 strokes 来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A hand over the eye (看) as things rise (起) and come (来) to view: it looks like.

Parts: 看 see (手 hand + 目 eye); 起 rise; 来 come

The characters in 看起来

看 kàn — to look; to watch; to read (9 strokes)
起 qǐ — to get up; to rise (10 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

他看起来很累。

He looks very tired.

Words with 看

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

Words with 起

对不起sorry 起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 一起together 起飞to take off 想起to recall; to remember

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever

More words: Clear & Obvious

明确clear; to clarify 明显obvious 显然obviously 显得to appear; to seem 看上去to look; it seems 表面surface 表明to show; to make clear 具体specific; concrete 简单simple 复杂complicated 容易easy; likely 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty 麻烦trouble; troublesome; to bother

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