查看

查

chá

看

kàn

to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out

Characters and words in 查看

查

zha̅ = zh + a1

surname Zha

查

chá = ch + a2

to research / to check / to investigate / to examine / to refer to / to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

查 = 旦 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a detective.

查 = 旦 + 木 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen, the detective is investigating a passed out Charlie Chaplin who's lying under a Christmas tree. Could it have something to do with the big empty mug which was formerly filled with glühwein?

查

zha̅ = zh + a1

variant of 楂[zha1]

看

ka̅n = k + an1

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

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kàn = k + an4

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

看 = 手 + 目 : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.