見

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See also: 见, 貝, and 目
見 U+898B, 見
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-898B
← 覊
[U+898A]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 覌 →
[U+898C]

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.

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
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
見-oracle.svg 見-bronze.svg 見-silk.svg 見-seal.svg 見-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涀 *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧 *ɡreːns
粯 *ɡreːns
晛 *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧 *keːnʔ
絸 *keːnʔ
垷 *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸 *keːnʔ
見 *keːns, *ɡeːns
俔 *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆 *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴 *ɡeːnʔ
哯 *ɡeːnʔ
睍 *ɡeːnʔ
現 *ɡeːns

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]

Note:
  • kìⁿ - vernacular;
  • kiàn - literary.
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
  7. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡂ (g-)

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 見

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]

見

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to see

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
見
み
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

[mi1] invalid IPA characters (1) → /mi/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 見る (miru, “to see; to look at”).[2][3][4] Ultimately cognate with 目 (ancient ma, modern me, “eye”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Kun’yomi
  • Generally only found in compounds in modern Japanese, where the pitch accent depends on the entire term.

Noun[edit]

見 (hiragana み, rōmaji mi)

  1. seeing, looking
  2. the look or appearance of something
  3. a view, as of a landscape
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4360), text here
      夜麻美礼婆 見能等母之久 可波美礼婆 見乃佐夜氣久
      山 (やま)見 (み)れば見 (み)の羨 (とも)しく川 (かわ)見 (み)れば見 (み)の清 (さや)けく
      yama mireba mi no tomoshiku kawa mireba mi no sayakeku
      looked to the mountains, and the view was stunning; looked to the rivers and the view was clear and refreshing

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
見
けん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 見 (MC kenH, ɦenH, “see; seem; opinion”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

見 (hiragana けん, rōmaji ken)

  1. seeing, looking
  2. a view, perspective, thought, or opinion about something
  3. (noh) the visual impact the performers have on the audience
  4. window-shopping
  5. a window-shopper
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4360), text here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

見 • (gyeon, hyeon)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

見 (kiến, kén, hiện)

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