jiàn

to see

How it’s built

Simplified form of 見. 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 见 as a component, most common first.

规guīrules 觉juéconscious 观guānto observe 视shìto look at 舰jiànwarship 砚yàninkstone 觎yúto covet 觊jìto covet 靓jìngornament 苋xiànamaranth

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