看 kàn▶ มอง

Stroke order

看 is written in 9 strokes.

• 看

Senses

1. to see; to look at
2. to read
3. to watch
4. to visit; to call on
5. to consider; to regard as
6. to look after
7. to treat (a patient or illness)
8. to depend on
9. to feel (that)
10. (after a verb) to give it a try
11. to watch out for

Example sentences

• 我在看电视。Wǒ zài kàn diànshì.I am watching television.
• 他喜欢看书。Tā xǐhuān kàn shū.He likes reading books.

Related words

• 看见เห็น
• 看法มุมมอง, ทิวทัศน์
• 看望เยี่ยม, เยือน
• 看不起ดูถูก
• 看待ดู, ชม

看 is pronounced kàn and means “มอง”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 看 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.