9 strokes
Character #29 · The First 1000
看 kàn meaning: see
to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after
Also read kān (to look after; to take care of)
- Strokes
- 9
- Both scripts
- 看
- Poster cell
- A2
简 = 繁看 is the same in both scripts. The switch changes the example words.
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 看
Write 看 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, kàn, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 看 mean in English?
- 看 (kàn) means "see": to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after.
- How do you pronounce 看?
- 看 is pronounced kàn in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄎㄢˋ. It can also be read kān (to look after; to take care of).
- How many strokes does 看 have?
- 看 has 9 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
- Is 看 the same in traditional Chinese?
- Yes. 看 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
- What are common words with 看?
- Common words that use 看 include 看到 (kàndào, to see), 好看 (hǎokàn, good-looking), 看病 (kànbìng, to visit a doctor), 看法 (kànfǎ, way of looking at a thing).
- How common is 看?
- 看 is number 29 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell A2 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.