Chinese symbol for “see”
看
kàn
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on
The closest CC-CEDICT match for see is 看 (kàn), defined as: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “see”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 见 (見) | jiàn | to see; to meet |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 见到 (見到) | jiàn dào | to see |
| 瞧见 (瞧見) | qiáo jiàn | to see |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 看.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at; to examine |
| 看见 (看見) | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 看来 (看來) | kàn lai | apparently; it seems that |
| 看法 | kàn fǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “see”.
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.