Meaning
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; appear
Chinese: 看见、会见或见解。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jian” becomes a different word in each tone. 见 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
- 见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other
- 再见zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later
- 听见tīng jiànto hear
- 见到jiàn dàoto see
Example Sentence
很高兴见到你。Hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ.Nice to see you.
很Hěnvery高兴gāo xìnghappy见到jiàn dàoto see你nǐyou。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
An eye (目) above a pair of legs (儿): a person with the eye singled out — the act of ‘seeing’. Simplified from 見.
A way to remember it
A person whose big eye is doing the looking — to see.
Easy to confuse with
- 贝‘Shell / money’: the same legs, but a 目-like top that stands for a cowrie shell.