見

See also: 见, 貝, and 目

見 U+898B, 見 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-898B ← 覊 [U+898A] CJK Unified Ideographs 覌 → [U+898C]

見 U+FA0A, 見 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA0A ← 降 [U+FA09] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 廓 → [U+FA0B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #147, ⾒.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/見
• 俔(伣), 垷, 挸, 哯(𠯟), 峴(岘), 涀, 悓, 娊, 現(现), 梘(枧), 晛(𬀪), 硯(砚), 睍(𪾢), 蜆(蚬), 粯(𬖑), 絸(𬘖), 覞, 誢, 鋧, 麲(𪎉), 莧(苋), 斍, 筧(笕), 覺(覚/觉)

Related characters

• 见 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

• Unihan data for U+FA0A

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Chinese

trad.		見
simp.		见

Glyph origin

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

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

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җян (ži͡an, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gin³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien / kian
• Eastern Min (BUC): giéng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kìⁿ / kiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gin³ / giang³ / giêng³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jian⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җян (ži͡an, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³
    • Yale: gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ken³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìⁿ / kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kìnn / kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvix, kiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ²¹/, /kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ⁴¹/, /kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kĩ²¹/, /kiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ¹¹/, /kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kĩ²¹/, /kiɛn²¹/

Note:

• kìⁿ - vernacular;
• kiàn - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gin³ / giang³ / giêng³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kìⁿ / kiàng / kièng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩ²¹³/, /kiaŋ²¹³/, /kieŋ²¹³/

Note:

• gin3 - vernacular;
• giang3/giêng3 - literary (giêng3 - Chaozhou).

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci
    • MiniDict: ci^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kenH

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
Baxter	kenH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	見
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ kenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁen-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

(deprecated template usage) 見

1. to see

   見過／见过  ―  jiàn guò  ―  to have seen

   • 我從來沒見過那麼大的。 [MSC, trad.]
     我从来没见过那么大的。 [MSC, simp.]

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

     I never saw one as big as that before.

   • 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 (not seeing [each other]) seems like three years

   • 你見過未呀？我見過，我真係見過。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
     你见过未呀？我见过，我真系见过。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ gin³ gwo³ mei⁶ aa³? ngo⁵ gin³ gwo³, ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ gin³ gwo³. [Jyutping]

     Have you ever seen [it]? I've seen [it]; I've really seen [it] (object unspecified).

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.

   • 有位女士等著要見你。 [MSC, trad.]
     有位女士等着要见你。 [MSC, simp.]

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

     There's a lady waiting to see you.

   • 王曰見之 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王曰见之 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     wáng yuē jiàn zhī [Pinyin]

     The king (now) asked that the butcher should be introduced to him

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

   • 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?

6. ^† (to have something done) by (someone or something)

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   晏子見疑於景公。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   晏子见疑于景公。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

   Yànzǐ jiàn yí yú jǐnggōng. [Pinyin]

   Yan Ying was suspected by Duke Jing of Qi.

   盆成括見殺。門人問曰：「夫子何以知其將見殺？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   盆成括见杀。门人问曰：「夫子何以知其将见杀？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

   Pénchéngkuò jiàn shā. Ménrén wèn yuē: “Fūzǐ héyǐ zhī qí jiāng jiàn shā?” [Pinyin]

   Pen Cheng Kuo was killed. The disciples asked, "How did you know, Master, that he would be killed?'

7. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡂ (g-)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen³²/

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• Middle Chinese: henH

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
Baxter	henH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]ˤen-s/, /*m-[k]ˤen-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːns/

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]ˁen-s/	/*m-[k]ˁen-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

(deprecated template usage) 見

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

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

見

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to see

Readings

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

Compounds

Derived terms

• 見解(けんかい) (kenkai)
• 見聞(けんぶん) (kenbun)
• 一見(いっけん) (ikken), 一見(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.

Etymology 1

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

[mi₁] → /mi/

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

見(み) • (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

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

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

Noun

見(けん) • (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

• (thought, opinion): 考(かんが)え (kangae), 思(おも)い付(つ)き (omoitsuki), 見(けん)解(かい) (kenkai)
• (noh): 見(けん)風(ぷう) (kenpū)
• (window-shopping, window-shopper): 素(す)見(けん) (suken), 冷(ひ)やかし (hiyakashi)

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Korean

Hanja

見 (eumhun 볼 견 (bol gyeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 견 (“to see”).

Hanja

見 (eumhun 뵈올 현 (boe'ol hyeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 현 (“to humbly see”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 見 (kiến, kén, hiện)

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