Read Edit View history Discussion 見 jiànxiàn HSK1 see Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person (卩) using their eye (目) to see (見). Pinyin Separate values with commas jiàn ×xiàn ×jian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 见 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an eye. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 見 Simp strokes 見 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 見 Simp strokes 見 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 見 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 319, 797 ], [ 350, 771 ], [ 362, 704 ], [ 361, 533 ], [ 342, 406 ], [ 345, 363 ] ], [ [ 382, 787 ], [ 394, 778 ], [ 615, 818 ], [ 636, 810 ], [ 668, 776 ], [ 660, 698 ], [ 663, 429 ], [ 654, 350 ] ], [ [ 389, 637 ], [ 397, 643 ], [ 439, 647 ], [ 526, 669 ], [ 561, 670 ] ], [ [ 390, 518 ], [ 401, 526 ], [ 474, 541 ], [ 542, 552 ], [ 560, 549 ] ], [ [ 367, 374 ], [ 388, 389 ], [ 555, 413 ], [ 593, 415 ], [ 611, 401 ] ], [ [ 393, 328 ], [ 410, 290 ], [ 382, 231 ], [ 333, 164 ], [ 247, 92 ], [ 153, 48 ] ], [ [ 504, 381 ], [ 543, 355 ], [ 549, 339 ], [ 534, 188 ], [ 546, 97 ], [ 566, 65 ], [ 611, 39 ], [ 700, 23 ], [ 785, 23 ], [ 867, 35 ], [ 906, 52 ], [ 920, 64 ], [ 922, 79 ], [ 923, 246 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 372 791 Q 353 810 318 807 Q 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