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Chinese symbol for “regard”

看待
kàn dài
to look upon; to regard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for regard is 看待 (kàn dài), defined as: to look upon; to regard.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

看 kàn
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
待 dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
radical 60 ⼻ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “regard”

WordPinyinMeaning
论 (論)lùnopinion; view
心意xīn yìintention; regard; kindly feelings
目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard

Related words

Other words that share a character with 看待.

WordPinyinMeaning
看到kàn dàoto see
看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
看来 (看來)kàn laiapparently; it seems that
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
对待 (對待)duì dàito treat; treatment

See also: Japanese symbol for “regard”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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