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看
看
Translingual
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Han character
看 (radical 109 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU), four-corner 20604, composition ⿸手目)
References
- KangXi: page 803, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23196
- Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2474, character 3
- Unihan data for U+770B
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
看 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 看
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| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hon3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khon
- Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ / khàn
- Wu (Wiktionary): khoe (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: k'an4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
- IPA (key): /kʰa̠n⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hon3
- Yale: hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon3
- IPA (key): /hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
- Hakka Romanization System: kon
- Hagfa Pinyim: kon4
- IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ / khàn
- Tâi-lô: khuànn / khàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qvoax, qaxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹/, /kʰan²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹/, /kʰan⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹/, /kʰan²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹/, /kʰan¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹/, /kʰan²¹/
- Note: khòaⁿ - vernacular, khàn - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: khoe (T2)
- IPA (key): /kʰø³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 看 (看見) |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰan⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /kʰan⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /kʰan⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /kʰã²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /kʰã⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kʰan³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /kʰã⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /kʰã²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kʰan¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kʰɛ̃n¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kʰan²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /kʰan³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /kʰan¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /kʰan²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /kʰã̠²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /kʰæ̃⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /kʰɑŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰø³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰø⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kʰẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kʰø⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰɛ³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /kʰan⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰɵn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰon⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /kʰon⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔn³³/ |
| Nanning | /hɔn³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɔn³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/kʰan²¹/ /kʰuã²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰɑŋ²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/kʰaŋ²¹³/ /kʰuã²¹³/ /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀 |
|
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /mo²³/ 訓望 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦旰切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰanH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰɑnH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kàn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
kàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ khanH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[kʰ]ˤa[r]-s/ |
| English | gaze at |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 7355 |
| Phonetic component |
看 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
侃 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰaːns/ |
Definitions
看
- to look, to see, to watch
- (transitive) to read
- 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)
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 視 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 看、瞧、瞅 |
| Taiwan | 看 | |
| Jinan | 看 | |
| Xi'an | 看 | |
| Wuhan | 看、睄、瞄 | |
| Chengdu | 看、𧢭 | |
| Yangzhou | 看、望 | |
| Hefei | 看、望 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇、望 |
| Hong Kong | 睇、望 | |
| Taishan | 睇、望 | |
| Yangjiang | 看、睇、瞄 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 看、相 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看、睞 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 看 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 看 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 看 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 看 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 看 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 看 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 看、瞭 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 覷 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 看、覷 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 看 |
| Xiamen | 看 | |
| Zhangzhou | 看 | |
| Taipei | 看 | |
| Chaozhou | 睇 | |
| Shantou | 睇 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 看、望 |
| Wenzhou | 眙、張 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 看 |
| Shuangfeng | 看、相 | |
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
- Wade-Giles: k'an1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
- IPA (key): /kʰa̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hon1
- Yale: hōn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon1
- IPA (key): /hɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 看 (看守) |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /kʰan⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /kʰan²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /kʰã²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /kʰã²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /kʰan²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /kʰã²¹/ | |
| Xining | /kʰã⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /kʰan⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /kʰɛ̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /kʰan⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /kʰan³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /kʰan¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /kʰan²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /kʰã̠²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /kʰaŋ³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /kʰæ̃²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /kʰɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰø³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /kʰø⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /kʰẽ̞³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /kʰø⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰɛ³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /kʰuːə¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰan³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /kʰan⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰɵn⁴²/ 養雞 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰon⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /kʰon⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔn⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /hɔn⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɔn⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰɑŋ²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀 | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /mo²³/ 訓望 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦寒切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰan/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kān |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
kān |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ khan › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰˤa[r]/ |
| English | to watch, guard |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7354 |
| Phonetic component |
看 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
看 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰaːn/ |
Definitions
看
- to look after, to take care of, to tend, keep an eye on
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
看
- watch over
- see
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
看 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan, Yale kan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
看 (khán)
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