看

看	U+770B, 看 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-770B

← 眊
[U+770A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

県 →
[U+770C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

看 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU), four-corner 2060₄, composition ⿸龵目)

References

KangXi: page 803, character 7

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23196

Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2474, character 3

Unihan data for U+770B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		看
alternative forms		㸔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 看
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.

Etymology 1

STEDT compares it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know; to see”).

Also compare Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “professor; abbot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kàn (kan⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ
(Chengdu, SP): kan⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кан (kan, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hon³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): hon¹
Gan (Wiktionary): kon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khon
(Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): kan³
Min Bei (KCR): kāng
Min Dong (BUC): káng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ / khàn
(Teochew, Peng'im): kang³
Wu (Wiktionary): khoe (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): kan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan⁴
  - Yale: kàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
  - Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kan⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кан (kan, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon³
  - Yale: hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔn³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
  - Hakka Romanization System: kon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kan³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxæ̃⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoax
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn
  - Tâi-lô: khàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹/

Note:

khòaⁿ - vernacular;
khàn - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ²¹³/

Note: kang3 - literary (in 看相).

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khoe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰø³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 看 (看見)
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kʰan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kʰan⁵³/
	Jinan	/kʰã²¹/
	Qingdao	/kʰã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kʰã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kʰã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kʰan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kʰan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰan¹³/
	Guiyang	/kʰan²¹³/
	Kunming	/kʰã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kʰæ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kʰɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰø⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/kʰẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/kʰø⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰɛ³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰan⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kʰan⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰɵn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰon⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰon⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔn³³/
	Nanning	/hɔn³³/
	Hong Kong	/hɔn³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰan²¹/ /kʰuã²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰɑŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰaŋ²¹³/ /kʰuã²¹³/ /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/mo²³/ 訓望

Middle Chinese: /kʰɑn^H/

Rime
Character	看
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰan^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑn^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤa[r]-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	看
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]ˁa[r]-s/
English	gaze at
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	看
Reading #	2/2
No.	7355
Phonetic component	看
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	侃
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːns/

Definitions

看

(intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
看電影／看电影 ― kàn diànyǐng ― to watch a movie
(transitive) to read
看報紙／看报纸 ― kàn bàozhǐ ― to read the newspaper
- 永叔謂為文有三多：看多、做多、商量多也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  永叔谓为文有三多：看多、做多、商量多也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 11th century, 陳師道 (Chen Shidao), 《後山詩話》
  Yǒngshū wèi wèi wén yǒu sānduō: kàn duō, zuò duō, shāngliàng duō yě. [Pinyin]
  Yongshu said that in writing, there are three things to do much of. These are reading much, writing much, and revising much.
^† (transitive) to observe; to check
出門蹉跌，看道後旅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
出门蹉跌，看道后旅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Jiao Gong, Yilin, 1^st century BCE
Chūmén cuōdiē, kàn dào hòu lǚ. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this example)
- 及看輪轂，升輿下軫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  及看轮毂，升舆下轸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 2^nd century, Cai Yong, 《讓高陽侯印綬符策表》
  Jí kàn lún gǔ, shēng yú xià zhěn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(transitive) to visit; to call on
我們有時去看我們的祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
我们有时去看我们的祖母。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒmen yǒushí qù kàn wǒmen de zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
We sometimes visit our grandmother.
to think; to feel (that)
我看你最好就出發。 [MSC, trad.]
我看你最好就出发。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ kàn nǐ zuìhǎo jiù chūfā. [Pinyin]
I think you'd better get going.
to consider; to regard as; to treat like
他們把他看得一文不值。 [MSC, trad.]
他们把他看得一文不值。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen bǎ tā kàn de yī wén bù zhí. [Pinyin]
They treat him like dirt.
to depend on
要看 ― yào kàn ― it depends on...
to treat (a patient or sickness)
Used to indicate the potential mood.

Synonyms

(to look): 盼 (pàn)

Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		視, 見, 看
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看
Mandarin	Beijing	看, 瞧, 瞅
	Taiwan	看
	Harbin	看, 瞧
	Yantai (Muping)	看
	Jinan	看
	Wanrong	看
	Xi'an	看
	Xining	看
	Ürümqi	看
	Wuhan	看, 睄, 瞄
	Chengdu	看, 𧢭
	Guiyang	看, 望
	Guilin	看
	Liuzhou	看
	Xuzhou	看, 望
	Yangzhou	看, 望, 瞧
	Nanjing	看, 瞧
	Hefei	看, 望
	Malaysia	看
	Singapore	看
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇, 望
	Hong Kong	睇, 望
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	睇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	睇
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	睇
	Macau	睇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	睇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	睇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	睇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	睇
	Foshan	睇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	睇
	Foshan (Shunde)	睇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	睇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	睇
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	看
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	睇
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	睇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	睇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	睇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	睇
	Taishan	睇, 望
	Kaiping (Chikan)	睇
	Enping (Niujiang)	睇
	Heshan (Yayao)	睇
	Dongguan	睇
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	睇
	Qingyuan	睇
	Fogang	睇
	Yingde (Hanguang)	睇
	Yangshan	望
	Lianshan (Butian)	看
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	望
	Shaoguan	睇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	睇
	Renhua	睇
	Lechang	睇
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	睇
	Sihui	睇
	Guangning	睇
	Deqing	睇
	Huaiji	望
	Yunfu	睇
	Xinxing	睇
	Luoding	睇
	Yunan (Pingtai)	睇
	Yangjiang	看, 睇, 瞄
	Xinyi	睇
	Maoming (Xinpo)	睇
	Lianjiang	睇
	Nanning	睇
	Wuzhou	睇
	Yulin	睇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	看
	Guiping	睇
	Mengshan (Xihe)	看
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	睇
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	睇
	Baise	睇
	Bobai	睇
	Lingshan	看
	Pubei	睇
	Qinzhou	睇
Beihai	睇
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	睇
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	睇
Ningming	睇
Hengxian	睇
Hezhou (Pumen)	睇
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	睇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	睇
Penang (Guangfu)	睇
Singapore (Guangfu)	睇
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	睇
Móng Cái	睇
Gan	Nanchang	看, 相, 望
	Lichuan	看
	Pingxiang	看
Hakka	Meixian	看, 睞
	Xingning	看
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	睇
	Huiyang	看
	Huidong (Daling)	看
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	看
	Boluo (Bendihua)	睇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	看
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	看
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	睇
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	睇
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	睇
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	看, 睇
	Wengyuan	看
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	看
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	看
	Liannan	看
	Conghua (Lütian)	看
	Jiexi	看
	Luhe	看
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	䀴
	Changting	䀴, 望
	Wuping	看
	Wuping (Yanqian)	看
	Wuping (Pingyu)	看
	Liancheng	䀴
	Ninghua	䀴
	Yudu	看, 望
	Ningdu	看
	Ruijin	看
	Shicheng	看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	看
	Tonggu (Sandu)	看
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	看
	Dayu	看
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	看
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	看
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	看, 䀴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	看, 䀴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	䀴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䀴
	Hong Kong	看
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	看
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	睇
	Xinyi (Sihe)	睇
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	睇, 看
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	睇
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	睇, 看
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	看
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	看
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	看
	Mengshan (Xihe)	看
	Luchuan	看
	Senai (Huiyang)	看
	Kuching (Hepo)	看
Huizhou	Jixi	看, 望
Jin	Taiyuan	看, 瞭
Jin	Xinzhou	看
Min Bei	Jian'ou	覷
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	覷
	Songxi	䁐
	Zhenghe	覷
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	覷
	Jianyang	覷
	Wuyishan	覷
	Pucheng (Shibei)	覷
Min Dong	Fuzhou	看, 覷
	Changle	覷
	Lianjiang	覷
	Fuqing	覷
	Pingtan	覷
	Yongtai	覷
	Minqing	覷
	Gutian	覷
	Pingnan	看
	Luoyuan	看
	Fu'an	睨
	Ningde	看
	Xiapu	看
	Zherong	看
	Shouning	望
	Zhouning	睨
	Fuding	看
	Matsu	看
	Manjung (Gutian)	看
Min Nan	Xiamen	看
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	看
	Quanzhou	看
	Jinjiang	看
	Nan'an	看
	Shishi	看
	Hui'an	看
	Anxi	看
	Yongchun	看
	Dehua	看
	Zhangzhou	看
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	看
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	看
	Hua'an	看
	Nanjing	看
	Pinghe	看
	Zhangpu	看
	Yunxiao	看
	Zhao'an	看, 睇
	Dongshan	看
	Taipei	看
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	看
	Kaohsiung	看
	Tainan	看
	Kinmen	看
	Penghu (Magong)	看
	Penang (Hokkien)	看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	看
	Manila (Hokkien)	看
	Medan (Hokkien)	看
	Longyan	䁐
	Zhangping	看
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	看
	Datian	看
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	看
	Guilin (Biyange)	看
	Chaozhou	睇
	Raoping	睇
	Shantou	睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	睇
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	睇
	Jieyang	睇
	Lufeng	睇
	Haifeng	睇
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	睇
	Singapore (Teochew)	睇
	Pontianak (Teochew)	睇
	Leizhou	䁐
	Wenchang	望, 䁐
	Haikou	望, 䁐
	Qionghai	望
	Singapore (Hainanese)	望
Puxian Min	Putian	看
Puxian Min	Xianyou	看
Min Zhong	Yong'an	䁐
	Sanyuan	䁐
	Shaxian	䁐
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	望, 覷
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	睇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	看
Shehua	Fu'an	睇
	Fuding	睇
	Luoyuan	睇
	Sanming	睇
	Shunchang	睇
	Hua'an	睇
	Guixi (Zhangping)	睇
	Cangnan	睇
	Jingning	睇
	Lishui	睇
	Longyou	睇
	Chaozhou	睇
	Fengshun	睇
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	望
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	望
	Luxi (Baisha)	望
Wu	Shanghai	看, 望
	Shanghai (Chongming)	看
	Suzhou	看, 望
	Danyang	看, 望
	Hangzhou	看
	Ningbo	看, 相
	Wenzhou	眙, 張
	Jinhua	望
Xiang	Changsha	看
	Loudi	相
	Shuangfeng	看, 相

Compounds

Derived terms from 看

一眼看破
下眼相看
不值一看
不好看
不用看
不看僧面看佛面
不看金面看佛面
中看 (zhōngkàn)
乍看 (zhàkàn)
五牲看碗
仰看
佛眼相看
俯看 (fǔkàn)
做好看
刮目相看 (guāmùxiāngkàn)
另眼相看 (lìngyǎnxiāngkàn)
另眼看待
可看性
吃一看二
好看 (hǎokàn)
定睛一看
密看
察看 (chákàn)
小看 (xiǎokàn)
打看
探看 (tànkàn)
收看 (shōukàn)
查看 (chákàn)
照看 (zhàokàn)
看上 (kànshàng)
看上了
看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
看不上
看不下去
看不出 (kànbùchū)
看不得 (kànbudé)
看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
看不透
看中 (kànzhòng)
看中了
看事做事
看人下菜
看人眉睫
看人行事
看低
看你
看俏
看做 (kànzuò)
看冷暖
看出 (kànchū)
看出了神
看取
看呆
看天田
看好 (kànhǎo)
看官 (kànguān)
看小
看席
看座 (kànzuò)
看待 (kàndài)

看得上眼
看得起 (kàndeqǐ)
看情形
看成 (kànchéng)
看扁 (kànbiǎn)
看手相
看承
看文巨眼
看文老眼
看日子
看景生情
看更 (kāngēng)
看望 (kànwàng)
看朱成碧
看板 (kànbǎn)
看死 (kànsǐ)
看法 (kànfǎ)
看清 (kànqīng)
看病 (kànbìng)
看相 (kànxiàng)
看看 (kànkàn)
看破 (kànpò)
看穿 (kànchuān)
看茶 (kànchá)
看走眼 (kànzǒuyǎn)
看跌
看透 (kàntòu)
看酒
看重 (kànzhòng)
眼看著
耐看 (nàikàn)
行看子
要人好看
踏看
傳看／传看 (chuánkàn)
參看／参看 (cānkàn)
向錢看／向钱看
好看錢／好看钱
定睛細看／定睛细看
對看／对看
攧攧看／𭣇𭣇看
新書看板／新书看板
有戲看／有戏看
有看頭／有看头 (yǒukàntou)
橫看／横看
沒看頭／没看头
活動看板／活动看板
百看不厭／百看不厌 (bǎikànbùyàn)
看不來／看不来
看不慣／看不惯 (kànbùguàn)
看不見／看不见 (kànbujiàn)
看不過／看不过
看不過去／看不过去 (kànbuguòqù)
看來／看来 (kànlái)
看個究竟／看个究竟
看圖說話／看图说话
看坐兒／看坐儿
看報／看报 (kànbào)
看天吃飯／看天吃饭 (kàntiānchīfàn)

看得見／看得见 (kàndejiàn)
看得開／看得开
看慣／看惯
看戲／看戏 (kànxì)
看把戲／看把戏
看書／看书 (kànshū)
看樣子／看样子 (kànyàngzi)
看淡後市／看淡后市
看準／看准
看漲／看涨
看熱鬧／看热闹 (kàn rènao)
看白戲／看白戏
看破紅塵／看破红尘
看笑話／看笑话 (kànxiàohuà)
看終了／看终了
看脈／看脉 (kànmài)
看臉子／看脸子
看臺／看台 (kàntái)
看著辦／看著办
看見／看见 (kànjiàn)
看覓／看觅 (khòaⁿ-māi)
看親／看亲
看覷／看觑
看話禪／看话禅
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
看輕／看轻 (kànqīng)
看轎／看轿
看醫生／看医生 (kàn yīshēng)
看錯／看错 (kàncuò)
看開／看开 (kànkāi)
看頭／看头 (kàntou)
看顧／看顾 (kàngù)
看風使帆／看风使帆
看風使舵／看风使舵 (kànfēngshǐduò)
看風使船／看风使船
看風向／看风向
看風色／看风色
看風行事／看风行事
看風轉舵／看风转舵
看風頭／看风头
看香頭的／看香头的
看齊／看齐 (kànqí)
矮人看場／矮人看场
矮子看戲／矮子看戏
細看／细看 (xìkàn)
蔡澤看相／蔡泽看相
觀看／观看 (guānkàn)
試看／试看 (shìkàn)
試試看／试试看
走馬看花／走马看花
轉看轉好／转看转好
連連看／连连看
閘看／闸看
難看／难看 (nánkàn)
電子看板／电子看板
電腦看板／电脑看板
霧裡看花／雾里看花 (wùlǐkànhuā)
飽看／饱看
驗看／验看

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kān (kan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ
(Chengdu, SP): kan⁴ / kan¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): hon¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): hon¹
Gan (Wiktionary): kon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khon
(Meixian, Guangdong): kon⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): kan¹
Min Bei (KCR): kāng
Min Dong (BUC): káng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khan / khàn / khòaⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): kang³
Wu (Wiktionary): khoe (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): kan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kān
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kan
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan¹
  - Yale: kān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
  - Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kan⁴ / kan¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan / kan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan²¹³/, /kʰan⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon¹
  - Yale: hōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔn³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kon¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
  - Hakka Romanization System: kon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kan¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxæ̃¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan
  - Tâi-lô: khan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn
  - Tâi-lô: khàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoax
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹/

Note:

khan, khàn - literary;
khòaⁿ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khoe (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰø⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 看 (看守)
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kʰan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kʰan²¹/
	Jinan	/kʰã²¹/
	Qingdao	/kʰã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kʰã²¹/
	Xining	/kʰã⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kʰan⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kʰɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kʰan⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/kʰan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰan¹³/
	Guiyang	/kʰan²¹³/
	Kunming	/kʰã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kʰaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/kʰæ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰæ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kʰɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰø⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kʰẽ̞³³/
	Wenzhou	/kʰø⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰɛ³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/kʰuːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kʰan⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰɵn⁴²/ 養雞
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰon⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰon⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔn⁵³/
	Nanning	/hɔn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɔn⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰan⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰɑŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/mo²³/ 訓望

Middle Chinese: /kʰɑn/

Rime
Character	看
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦寒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰan/
Li Rong	/kʰɑn/
Wang Li	/kʰɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤa[r]/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	看
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kān
Middle Chinese	‹ khan ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁa[r]/
English	to watch, guard
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	看
Reading #	1/2
No.	7354
Phonetic component	看
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	看
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːn/

Definitions

看

to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on
他沒有看小孩的本事。 [MSC, trad.]
他没有看小孩的本事。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā méiyǒu kān xiǎohái de běnshì. [Pinyin]
He's not competent to look after young children.

Compounds

Derived terms from 看

拄笏看山
看住
看大
看守 (kānshǒu)
看守所 (kānshǒusuǒ)
看家 (kānjiā)
看家狗
看房子

看押 (kānyā)
看看 (kànkàn)
看管 (kānguǎn)
看青
看墳／看坟
看守內閣／看守内阁
看家戲／看家戏
看家本領／看家本领

看座兒的／看座儿的
看護／看护 (kānhù)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)
看錢奴／看钱奴
看門／看门 (kānmén)
看風／看风
看麥娘／看麦娘

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): toin²

Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: toin²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰõĩ⁵²/

Definitions

看

(Teochew) Alternative form of 睇.

Japanese

Kanji

看

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

watch over
see

Readings

Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
Kun: みる (miru, 看る)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
看
かん Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 看 (MC kʰɑn, kʰɑn^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

看(かん) • (kan)

to watch over; to watch attentively

Derived terms

看(かん)護(ご) (kango)
看(かん)護(ご)師(し) (kangoshi)
看(かん)守(しゅ) (kanshu)
看(かん)板(ばん) (kanban)
看(かん)病(びょう) (kanbyō)

Korean

Hanja

看 (eumhun 볼 간 (bol gan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

看: Hán Nôm readings: khan, khán, khản

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References

Nom Foundation

看

Translingual

Han character

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

Compounds

Pronunciation

Definitions

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Etymology

Pronunciation

Affix

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

Vietnamese

Han character

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