见 (jiàn): to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth)
见 (jiàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to see.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冂 (structural) and 儿 (structural). It ranks #153 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 见 simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized. Its radical form 见 (see) appears in many related characters such as 观 (guān, to look at), 规 (guī, compass), 览 (lǎn, to look at).
Definitions
- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSimplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized
Decomposition: ⿵冂儿 (layout: surround-from-top)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 见
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 看见verb | kàn jiàn | to see | 1 |
| 再见verb | zài jiàn | goodbye | 1 |
| 见面verb | jiàn miàn | to meet | 3 |
| 意见noun | yì jiàn | idea | 4 |
| 听见verb | tīng jiàn | to hear | 1 |
| 不见verb | bù jiàn | not to see | 3 |
| 遇见verb | yù jiàn | to meet | 3 |
| 会见verb | huì jiàn | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) | 6 |
| 常见adjective | cháng jiàn | commonly seen | 3 |
| 罕见adjective | hǎn jiàn | rare | 6 |
| 碰见verb | pèng jiàn | to run into | 5 |
| 少见adjective | shǎo jiàn | rare | 4 |
| 可见conjunction | kě jiàn | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见到verb | jiàn dào | to see |
| 见鬼verb | jiàn guǐ | absurd |
| 想见verb | xiǎng jiàn | to infer |
| 见识verb | jiàn shi | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth |
| 回见verb | huí jiàn | See you later! |
| 见证verb | jiàn zhèng | to be witness to |
| 梦见verb | mèng jiàn | to dream about (sth or sb) |
| 预见verb | yù jiàn | to foresee |
| 偏见noun | piān jiàn | prejudice |
| 显而易见phrase | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom) |
| 起见noun | qǐ jiàn | motive |
| 相见verb | xiāng jiàn | to see each other |
| 视而不见 | shì ér bù jiàn | (idiom) to turn a blind eye to |
| 一见钟情phrase | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) |
| 撞见verb | zhuàng jiàn | to meet by accident |
见 appears in 111 compound words: 31 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 见 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (62)
Showing 12 of 62 idioms containing 见.
Example Sentences
他的见解很独到，给了我们很多新的启发。
Tā de jiànjiě hěn dúdào, gěi le wǒmen hěn duō xīn de qǐfā.
His insights are very unique and have given us a lot of new inspiration.
...风雪来袭 纽约市周一停课停学 19年来首见
. . . fēng xuě lái xí niǔ yuē shì zhōu yī tíng kè tíng xué 1 9 nián lái shǒu jiàn
... Snowstorm hit New York City on Monday to suspend classes and schools for the first time in 19 years
预见金马|财通证券资管马晓立:厚植金融为民底...
yù jiàn jīn mǎ cái tōng zhèng quàn zī guǎn mǎ xiǎo lì : hòu zhí jīn róng wéi mín de . . .
Foresight of Golden Horse|Caitong Securities Asset Management Ma Xiaoli: Cultivate finance for the people...
把年味种在“商城之心”,在商博遇见另一种团圆
bǎ nián wèi zhǒng zài shāng chéng zhī xīn , zài shāng bó yù jiàn lìng yī zhǒng tuán yuán
Plant the flavor of the New Year in the "heart of the mall" and meet another reunion at the Business Expo
春晚这扇“窗”,照见中国机器人产业“跑”出倍速
chūn wǎn zhè shān chuāng , zhào jiàn zhōng guó jī qì rén chǎn yè pǎo chū bèi sù
Spring Festival Gala this "window", see China's robotics industry "run" out of times speed
(新春见闻)探访阿波迪科技小院:中国春节“撞上”...
xīn chūn jiàn wén tàn fǎng ā bō dí kē jì xiǎo yuàn zhōng guó chūn jié zhuàng shǎng . . .
(Spring Festival Observations) Visiting Abodi Technology Courtyard: Chinese New Year Meets...
“以前我们没在哪儿见过吗？”学生问道。
"Yǐqián wǒmen méi zài nǎr jiàn guo ma?" xuésheng wèndào.
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
您曾经见过考拉吗？
Nín céngjīng jiàn guo kǎolā ma?
Have you ever seen a koala?
我的手机不见了，怎么办？
Wǒ de shǒujī bùjiànle, zěnmebàn?
I lost my phone, what should I do?
你是何时与她见面的？
Nǐ shì héshí yǔ tā jiànmiàn de?
When did you see her?
Character Family
见 Radical Family — Characters sharing the see radical
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