Chinese Character Wiki
見

jiàn, xiàn

see

Pictograph of a person (儿) using their eye (目) to see (見).

Components
目 iconic component

目  Iconic component

mù

  

eye

Depicts an eye.

儿 iconic component

儿  Iconic component

rén, ér, r

  

child

Depicts a person.

Evolution

見 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
見 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
見 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
見 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
見 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

见 (見) 

jiàn

see, observe, behold; perceive; to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview

见 (見) 

xiàn

to appear; also written 現|现[xiàn]

Most common words with 見
Freq.
Word
Meaning

见

to see

看见

to see

意见

idea

再见

goodbye

见到

to see

Component uses

Meaning component in 16 characters (6 verified)

現 規 覺 觀 親 視 覽 覓 覷 覲 覦 覬 靚 峴 覘 覡

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

現 莧 硯 靦 峴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤen-s

kenH

jiàn

see (v.)

*N-[k]ˤen-s

henH

xiàn

appear

*m-[k]ˤen-s

henH

xiàn

cause to appear, introduce


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.6316% of movies

88th most common character in movies

153rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

见

Unicode

U+898B

Shuowen

“見，視也。从儿，从目。”


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