見

See also: 见, 貝, and 目

§Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

§Etymology

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

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

§Han character

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

§Descendants

• 见

§References

• 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

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§Chinese

		-
trad.		見
simp.		见

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kèn, hìen
• Min Nan (POJ): kìⁿ / kiàn
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ji (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³
    • Yale: gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kèn, hìen
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ / kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kìnn / kiàn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹/, /kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹/, /kiɛn²¹/
  • Note: kìⁿ - vernacular, kiàn - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ji (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

§Preposition

見

1. (archaic) (to have something done) by (someone or something)

§Usage notes

• The modern vernacular equivalent to the preposition would be 被

§Verb

見

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to see

   你從來沒見過那麼大的。 [MSC, trad.]

   你从来没见过那么大的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ cónglái méi jiàn guò nàme dà de. [Pinyin]

   I never saw one as big as that before.

2. (formal) to meet, to see

   我們八點鐘見。 [MSC, trad.]

   我们八点钟见。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen bā diǎnzhōng jiàn. [Pinyin]

   We'll meet at eight.

   有位女士等著要見你。 [MSC, trad.]

   有位女士等著要见你。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǒu wèi nǚshì děng zhù yào jiàn nǐ. [Pinyin]

   There's a lady waiting to see you.

3. see; refer to; vide
4. to appear, to seem

   見得 / 见得  ―  jiàndé  ―  to appear, to seem

   一日不見，如隔三秋 [MSC, trad.]

   一日不见，如隔三秋 [MSC, simp.]

   yī rì bù jiàn, rú gé sān qiū [Pinyin]

   (idiom) one day apart seems like three years

§Noun

見

1. opinion, idea, view

   見解 / 见解  ―  jiànjiě  ―  opinion, view

   意見 / 意见  ―  yìjiàn  ―  opinion, idea

   依你之見，這起謀殺跟販毒有關嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

   依你之见，这起谋杀跟贩毒有关吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yī nǐ zhī jiàn, zhè qǐ móushā gēn fàndú yǒuguān ma? [Pinyin]

   In your opinion, could the murder be drug - related?

§Compounds

Derived terms

見面 再見

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/

§Adverb

見

1. (archaic) now (same as 現／现)

§References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

見

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to see

§Readings

• Goon: けん (ken), げん (gen)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kun: みる (見る, miru), みえる (見える, mieru), まみえる (見える, mamieru), みせる (見せる, miseru)

§Compounds

Derived terms

見解 (けんかい, kenkai) 見聞 (けんぶん, kenbun) 一見 (いっけん, ikken; いちげん, ichigen) 所見 (しょけん, shoken) 初見 (しょけん, shoken) 必見 (ひっけん, hikken) 無見 (むけん, muken): the belief that everything in this world is completely null and void, with no substance.

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§Korean

§Hanja

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

§Han character

見 (kiến, kén, hiện, lương)

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