看 = 龵 + 目

看 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “look”. It is built from 龵 (龵) and 目 (eye).

Keyword: look
Pinyin (Mandarin): kàn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: look, see, видишь, смотри, see
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 看 watch over

Decomposition

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龵龵
目 eye

How to find 看 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “龵” + “eye”. 看 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 看 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.