jiànxiàn

see

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

Components
目 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

eye

Depicts an eye.

儿 iconic component

  Iconic component

rénérr

  

child

Depicts a person.

Evolution

見 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
見 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
見 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
見 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
見 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jiàn

see, observe, behold; perceive; to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview

() 

xiàn

to appear; also written |[xiàn]

Most common words with 見
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to see

看见

to see

意见

idea

再见

goodbye

见到

to see

Component uses

Meaning component in 16 characters (6 verified)

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤen-s

kenH

jiàn

see (v.)

*N-[k]ˤen-s

henH

xiàn

appear

*m-[k]ˤen-s

henH

xiàn

cause to appear, introduce


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.6316% of movies

88th most common character in movies

153rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

Unicode

U+898B

Shuowen

“見,視也。从儿,从目。”


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