jiàn

to see

How it’s built

Pictograph of a person (卩) using their eye (目) to see (見).

iconic

eye

iconic

person

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 見 as a component, most common first.

现xiànto appear 視shìto look at 覺juéconscious 觀guānto observe 規guīrules 靦miǎnmodest 親qīnrelatives 現xiànto appear 硯yàninkstone 莧xiànamaranth 覦yúto covet 覬jìto covet 覽lǎnto look over 靚jìngornament

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