见
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to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #215 U+89C1
How 见 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized
How to remember it
see · Heisig RSH #58
目 eye + human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 见 as their sound component
These characters all use 见 (jiàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见 sound component | jiàn | to see, to observe, to meet, to appear |
| 舰 | jiàn | warship |
| 砚 | yàn | inkstone |
| 苋 | xiàn | amaranth |
| 蚬 | xiǎn | clam, bivalve; Cyclina orientalis |
| 枧 | jiǎn | spout, bamboo tube; wooden peg |
| 笕 | jiǎn | bamboo water pipe |
Words containing 见
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不见天日 | bù jiàn tiān rì | all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 有眼力见儿 | yǒu yǎn lì jiàn r | (dialect) alert; attentive; observant |
| 见机行事 | jiàn jī xíng shì | see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear;… |
| 见不得人 | jiàn bu dé rén | shameful |
| 开门见山 | kāi mén jiàn shān | lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) |
| 眼力见儿 | yǎn lì jiàn r | erhua form of 眼力見|眼力见[yan3 li4 jian4] |
| 无主见 | wú zhǔ jiàn | without one's own opinions |
| 见面会 | jiàn miàn huì | meet and greet; fan meeting |
| 有主见 | yǒu zhǔ jiàn | opinionated; having one's own strong views |
| 重见天日 | chóng jiàn tiān rì | to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression |
| 不见 | bù jiàn | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing |
| 意见不合 | yì jiàn bù hé | to disagree; dissent |
| 不见得 | bù jiàn de | not necessarily; not likely |
| 明天见 | míng tiān jiàn | see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or l… |
| 见不得 | jiàn bu dé | not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see |
| 前不见古人，后不见来者 | qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě | unique; unprecedented (idiom) |
| 见地 | jiàn dì | opinion; view; insight |
| 见天 | jiàn tiān | (coll.) every day |
| 眼力见 | yǎn lì jiàn | (dialect) ability to read situations and respond appropriately |
| 会见 | huì jiàn | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4] |