見

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See also: 见, 貝, and 目

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Han character[edit]

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Radical 147 見

見 (radical 147 見+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹山 (BUHU), four-corner 60210, composition ⿱目儿)

  1. Kangxi radical #147, ⾒ ‎(“see”).

Descendants[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1133, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34796
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1599, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3663, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+898B

Chinese[edit]

trad. 見
simp. 见

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 見
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bamboo and silk script Large seal script Small seal script
見-oracle.svg 見-bronze.svg 見-silk.svg 見-bigseal.svg 見-seal.svg

目 ‎(“eye”) + 儿 ‎(“human”) – an eye on a pair of legs. Originally a human figure with a large eye for a head.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ken ~ m-kjen.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Rime
Character 見
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古電切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /kenH/
Wang
Li		 /kienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 見
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kenH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ˤen-s/
English see (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 見
Reading # 1/2
No. 6192
Phonetic
component		 見
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 見
Old
Chinese		 /*keːns/

Definitions[edit]

見

  1. to see
    見過 / 见过  ―  jiàn guò  ―  to have seen
  2. to meet; to see
    我們八點鐘見。 / 我们八点钟见。  ―  Wǒmen bā diǎnzhōng jiàn.  ―  We'll meet at eight.
  3. to see; to refer to; vide
    見下頁 / 见下页  ―  jiàn xià yè  ―  Please refer to next page.
    • 見下面 / 见下面  ―  jiàn xiàmiàn  ―  see below
  4. to appear; to seem
    見得 / 见得  ―  jiàndé  ―  to appear, to seem
  5. opinion, idea, view
    見解 / 见解  ―  jiànjiě  ―  opinion, view
    意見 / 意见  ―  yìjiàn  ―  opinion, idea
  6. † (to have something done) by (someone or something)
    ⇒ 被

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Rime
Character 見
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣenH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 見 見
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiàn xiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ henH › ‹ henH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-[k]ˤen-s/ /*m-[k]ˤen-s/
English appear cause to appear, introduce

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 見
Reading # 2/2
No. 6206
Phonetic
component		 見
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 見
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːns/

Definitions[edit]

見

  1. † Original form of 現／现 (xiàn, “to appear”).

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 見

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
見

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to see

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

見 • ‎(gyeon, hyeon)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 견, 현 (McCune-Reischauer: kyŏn, hyŏn, Yale: kyen, hyen)
  • Name (hangeul): 볼, 뵈올 (revised: bol, boeol, McCune-Reischauer: pol, poeol, Yale: pol, poy.ol)
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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

見 (kiến, kén, hiện, lương)

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