tiào

look at

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

兆 sound component

  Sound component

zhào

  

omen

Evolution

眺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
眺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tiào

look at, gaze at, scan, survey; to gaze into the distance

Most common words with 眺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

眺望

to survey the scene from an elevated position

远眺

to gaze into the distance

to gaze into the distance

凭眺

to lean on sth and gaze into the distance

临眺

to observe from afar