Mnemonic comic for 看

Translation

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)

Mnemonic

Karl Marx (k) wants to use the anthill’s bathroom (an4), but when the Eye of Providence (目) is watching (看) so he’s not able to. He uses a big baseball glove (手) to get some privacy.

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看

kān = k + an1

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

看

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)

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看 character breakdown

看
- 手
  - 丿
  - 二
    - 一
  - 亅
- 目
  - 囗
  - 二
    - 一

Component Translations

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

目

mù = mu + Ø4

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title