瞻 (zhān): to gaze, to view
瞻 (zhān) is a Chinese character meaning “to gaze.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 詹 (phonetic). It ranks #2725 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瞻 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- to gaze
- to view
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瞻仰 | zhān yǎng | to revere |
| 高瞻远瞩 | gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ | to stand tall and see far (idiom) |
| 前瞻性 | qián zhān xìng | farsightedness |
| 瞻前顾后 | zhān qián gù hòu | lit. to look forward and back (idiom) |
| 前瞻 | qián zhān | forward-looking |
| 观瞻 | guān zhān | appearance |
| 动见观瞻 | dòng jiàn guān zhān | to be watched closely (idiom) |
| 马首是瞻 | mǎ shǒu shì zhān | to follow blindly (idiom) |
| 圣灰瞻礼日 | shèng huī zhān lǐ rì | Ash Wednesday |
| 瞻礼日 | zhān lǐ rì | the Lord's Day |
| 朱瞻基 | zhū zhān jī | Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2] |
| 瞻望 | zhān wàng | to look far ahead |
| 失瞻 | shī zhān | to fail to greet in timely manner |
| 瞻顾 | zhān gù | to look forward and back cautiously |
| 瞻拜 | zhān bài | to worship |
瞻 appears in 15 compound words: 40 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 27 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 瞻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
瞻字由18笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
zhān zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "瞻" consists of 18 strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
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宇瞻2025年获利创新高 每股配息4.5元
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Apacer will make a record profit in 2025 with a dividend of 4.5 yuan per share
达芬奇比别人高瞻远瞩。
Dá Fēnqí bǐ biérén gāozhān-yuǎnzhǔ.
Da Vinci could see farther than others.
Character Family
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