见

jiàn · xiàn

to see · to meet

Radical: 见 Strokes: 4 HSK 1

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

视观规觉览觑觅觇觐觌觏觊

Same radical

视观规觉览觑觅觇觐觌觏觊觎觋

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Character Decomposition

见=冂+儿

Etymology

Simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized

Meanings2 pronunciations

jiàn

to see

to meet

to appear (to be sth)

to interview

opinion

view

xiàn

to appear

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Words with 见 712 total

wise opinion · brilliant idea (honorific)高见gāo jiàn to summon for an interview传见chuán jiàn short-sightedness; suicide (esp. in xún duǎn jiàn)短见duǎn jiàn insight · to see clearly洞见dòng jiàn to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting; to have an audience with进见jìn jiàn to see瞅见chǒu jiàn

Idioms with 见 288 total Chain

see demons in broad daylight - of a strange, absurd, impossible thing白日见鬼bái rì jiàn guǐ seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others · seeing is believing百闻不如一见bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn to meet on the battlefield (idiom)兵戎相见bīng róng xiāng jiàn lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice拨云见日bō yún jiàn rì lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) · fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality不见棺材不落泪bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi not found in the classics (idiom); unknown · unfounded · not authoritative不见经传bù jiàn jīng zhuàn