Read Edit View history 看 kànkān HSK1 look Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas kàn ×kān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 看 Simp strokes 看 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 看 Simp strokes 看 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 看 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 670, 784 ], [ 605, 805 ], [ 499, 761 ], [ 389, 730 ], [ 293, 713 ] ], [ [ 309, 602 ], [ 334, 595 ], [ 388, 595 ], [ 646, 648 ], [ 691, 648 ] ], [ [ 115, 437 ], [ 167, 429 ], [ 515, 490 ], [ 793, 521 ], [ 851, 515 ], [ 888, 504 ] ], [ [ 451, 723 ], [ 483, 697 ], [ 481, 687 ], [ 410, 484 ], [ 349, 355 ], [ 277, 243 ], [ 231, 188 ], [ 148, 106 ], [ 80, 56 ] ], [ [ 395, 374 ], 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