覽
lǎn

look at

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
監
監 SoundMeaning component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

纜攬欖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːmʔ
Unicodelɑ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“覽，觀也。从見、監，監亦聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

览 lǎn look at Simplified

Components

见
见 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

see

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

揽缆榄

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode