# 看

| 看 | U+770B, &#30475; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-770B |
| ← 眊 [U+770A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 県 → [U+770C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

看 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹手月山 (HQBU), four-corner 2060$_4$, composition ⿸龵目)

#### Derived characters

* 𠸦 𡺗 𪮑 𪮒 𣕻 𥈧 𦞖 𨩢 𪿁 𪿃 𣪦 𡙍 𡩒 𭾭 𬋭 𭿊 𭿋 𭿠 𭿡 𭿧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 803, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23196
* Dae Jaweon: page 1219, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2474, character 3
* Unihan data for U+770B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 看 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar.

### Etymology 1

STEDT compares it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know; to see”).
Also compare Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “professor; abbot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kàn (kan$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kan$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кан (kan, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hon$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hon$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khon
    (Hailu, HRS): kon$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kon$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): kan$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): kāng
* Eastern Min (BUC): káng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kua$^4$ / kuaⁿ$^4$ / kang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ / khàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kang$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$khoe / $^5$khaen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kàn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^4$
*** Yale: kàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kann
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰan²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кан (kan, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰæ̃⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^3$
*** Yale: hon
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔn³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
*** Hakka Romanization System: kon
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kon$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰon¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: kan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kua$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰua⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kuaⁿ$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰũã⁴²/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ⁴²/
* kua4/kuaⁿ4 - vernacular;
* kang4 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit看 (看見) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kʰan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kʰan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kʰã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kʰan³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kʰã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kʰã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kʰan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kʰɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kʰan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kʰan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kʰã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʰæ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kʰɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰø³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kʰø⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kʰẽ̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kʰø⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰɛ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰɵn²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰon⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰon⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔn³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɔn³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɔn³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰan²¹/ /kʰuã²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰɑŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰaŋ²¹³/ /kʰuã²¹³/ /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀 |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /mo²³/ 訓望 |
* Middle Chinese: khanH
Rime :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦旰切 |
| Baxter | khanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤa[r]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khan$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[kʰ]ˁa[r]-s/ |
| English | gaze at |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 7355 |
| Phonetic component | 看 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 侃 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːns/ |

##### Definitions

看
* (intransitive, transitive) to look; to see; to watch
    看電影／看电影 ― kàn diànyǐng ― to watch a movie
* (transitive) to read
    看報紙／看报纸 ― kàn bàozhǐ ― to read the newspaper
    From: 11th century, 陳師道 (Chen Shidao), 《後山詩話》
    Yǒngshū wèi wèi wén yǒu sānduō: kàn duō, zuò duō, shāngliàng duō yě. [Pinyin]
    Yongshu said that in writing, there are three things to do much of. These are reading much, writing much, and revising much.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, transitive) to observe; to check
       From: Jiao Gong, Yilin, 1st century BCE
       Chūmén cuōdiē, kàn dào hòu lǚ. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2nd century, Cai Yong, 《讓高陽侯印綬符策表》
    Jí kàn lún gǔ, shēng yú xià zhěn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive) to visit; to call on
       Wǒmen yǒushí qù kàn wǒmen de zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
       We sometimes visit our grandmother.
* to think; to feel (that)
       Wǒ kàn nǐ zuìhǎo jiù chūfā. [Pinyin]
       I think you'd better get going.
* to consider; to regard as; to treat like
       Tāmen bǎ tā kàn de yī wén bù zhí. [Pinyin]
       They treat him like dirt.
* to depend on
    要看 ― yào kàn ― it depends on...
* to treat (a patient or sickness)
* Used to indicate the potential mood.

###### Synonyms

* (to look): 盼 (pàn)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 視, 見, 看 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 看, 瞧, 瞅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 看, 瞧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 看 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 看, 望 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 看, 𧢭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 看, 睄, 瞄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 看, 望 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 看, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 看, 望, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 看, 望 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 望 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 望 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 望 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 看, 睇, 瞄 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 看 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 瞭, 瞫 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 看, 相, 望 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 看 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看, 睞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 看 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 看 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 看 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 看, 睇 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 看 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 看 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 看 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Changting | 䀴, 望 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 看, 望 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 看 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 看 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 看 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 看 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 看 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 看 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 看 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 看, 望 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 看, 瞭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 䁐 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看, 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 望 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 看 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 看, 睇 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 看 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 看 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 䁐, 𥆑 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 望 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 望 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 看 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 看 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 䁐 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 望, 覷 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 睇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 睇 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 睇 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 睇 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 睇 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 睇 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Baisha) | 望 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 看 |
| Wu | Danyang | 看, 望 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 看, 相 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眙, 張 |
| Wu | Lishui | 望 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 望 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 看 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 看, 相 |

##### Compounds

* 一眼看破
* 下眼相看
* 不值一看
* 不好看
* 不用看
* 不看僧面看佛面
* 不看金面看佛面
* 中看 (zhōngkàn)
* 乍看 (zhàkàn)
* 五牲看碗
* 仰看
* 佛眼相看
* 俯看 (fǔkàn)
* 做好看
* 傳看 / 传看 (chuánkàn)
* 刮目相看 (guāmùxiāngkàn)
* 參看 / 参看 (cānkàn)
* 可看性
* 另眼看待
* 另眼相看 (lìngyǎnxiāngkàn)
* 吃一看二
* 向錢看 / 向钱看
* 好看 (hǎokàn)
* 好看錢 / 好看钱
* 定睛一看
* 定睛細看 / 定睛细看
* 密看
* 察看 (chákàn)
* 對看 / 对看
* 小看 (xiǎokàn)
* 打看
* 探看 (tànkàn)
* 攧攧看 / 𭣇𭣇看
* 收看 (shōukàn)
* 新書看板 / 新书看板
* 有戲看 / 有戏看
* 有看頭 / 有看头 (yǒukàntou)
* 查看 (chákàn)
* 橫看 / 横看
* 沒看頭 / 没看头
* 活動看板 / 活动看板
* 照看 (zhàokàn)
* 百看不厭 / 百看不厌 (bǎikànbùyàn)
* 看上 (kànshàng)
* 看上了
* 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
* 看不上
* 看不下去
* 看不來 / 看不来
* 看不出 (kànbùchū)
* 看不得 (kànbudé)
* 看不慣 / 看不惯 (kànbùguàn)
* 看不見 / 看不见 (kànbujiàn)
* 看不起 (kànbuqǐ)
* 看不透
* 看不過 / 看不过
* 看不過去 / 看不过去 (kànbuguòqù)
* 看中 (kànzhòng)
* 看中了
* 看事做事
* 看人下菜
* 看人眉睫
* 看人行事
* 看低
* 看你
* 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
* 看俏
* 看個究竟 / 看个究竟
* 看做 (kànzuò)
* 看冷暖
* 看出 (kànchū)
* 看出了神
* 看取
* 看呆
* 看圖說話 / 看图说话
* 看坐兒 / 看坐儿
* 看報 / 看报 (kànbào)
* 看天吃飯 / 看天吃饭 (kàntiānchīfàn)
* 看天田
* 看好 (kànhǎo)
* 看官 (kànguān)
* 看小
* 看席
* 看座 (kànzuò)
* 看待 (kàndài)
* 看得上眼
* 看得見 / 看得见 (kàndejiàn)
* 看得起 (kàndeqǐ)
* 看得開 / 看得开
* 看情形
* 看慣 / 看惯
* 看成 (kànchéng)
* 看戲 / 看戏 (kànxì)
* 看扁 (kànbiǎn)
* 看手相
* 看承
* 看把戲 / 看把戏
* 看文巨眼
* 看文老眼
* 看日子
* 看景生情
* 看更
* 看書 / 看书 (kànshū)
* 看望 (kànwàng)
* 看朱成碧
* 看板
* 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 看死 (kànsǐ)
* 看法 (kànfǎ)
* 看清 (kànqīng)
* 看淡後市 / 看淡后市
* 看準 / 看准
* 看漲 / 看涨
* 看熱鬧 / 看热闹 (kàn rènao)
* 看病 (kànbìng)
* 看白戲 / 看白戏
* 看相 (kànxiàng)
* 看看 (kànkàn)
* 看破 (kànpò)
* 看破紅塵 / 看破红尘
* 看穿 (kànchuān)
* 看笑話 / 看笑话 (kànxiàohuà)
* 看終了 / 看终了
* 看脈 / 看脉 (kànmài)
* 看臉子 / 看脸子
* 看臺 / 看台 (kàntái)
* 看茶 (kànchá)
* 看著辦 / 看著办
* 看見 / 看见 (kànjiàn)
* 看覓 / 看觅 (khòaⁿ-māi)
* 看親 / 看亲
* 看覷 / 看觑
* 看話禪 / 看话禅
* 看走眼 (kànzǒuyǎn)
* 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
* 看跌
* 看輕 / 看轻 (kànqīng)
* 看轎 / 看轿
* 看透 (kàntòu)
* 看酒
* 看醫生 / 看医生 (kàn yīshēng)
* 看重 (kànzhòng)
* 看錯 / 看错 (kàncuò)
* 看開 / 看开 (kànkāi)
* 看頭 / 看头 (kàntou)
* 看顧 / 看顾 (kàngù)
* 看風使帆 / 看风使帆
* 看風使船 / 看风使船
* 看風使舵 / 看风使舵 (kànfēngshǐduò)
* 看風向 / 看风向
* 看風色 / 看风色
* 看風行事 / 看风行事
* 看風轉舵 / 看风转舵
* 看風頭 / 看风头
* 看香頭的 / 看香头的
* 看齊 / 看齐 (kànqí)
* 眼看著
* 矮人看場 / 矮人看场
* 矮子看戲 / 矮子看戏 (ǎizikànxì)
* 細看 / 细看 (xìkàn)
* 耐看 (nàikàn)
* 蔡澤看相 / 蔡泽看相
* 行看子
* 要人好看
* 觀看 / 观看 (guānkàn)
* 試看 / 试看 (shìkàn)
* 試試看 / 试试看
* 走馬看花 / 走马看花 (zǒumǎkànhuā)
* 踏看
* 轉看轉好 / 转看转好
* 連連看 / 连连看
* 閘看 / 闸看
* 難看 / 难看 (nánkàn)
* 電子看板 / 电子看板
* 電腦看板 / 电脑看板
* 霧裡看花 / 雾里看花 (wùlǐkànhuā)
* 飽看 / 饱看
* 驗看 / 验看

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kān (kan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kan$^4$ / kan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hon$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hon$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khon
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kon$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): kan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): kāng
* Eastern Min (BUC): káng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khan / khàn / khòaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kang$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$khoe / $^1$khaen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kān
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kan
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^1$
*** Yale: kān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kan$^4$ / kan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan / kan
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰan²¹³/, /kʰan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^1$
*** Yale: hōn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔn³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khon
*** Hakka Romanization System: kon
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰon⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔn⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: kan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kāng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan
*** Tâi-lô: khan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn
*** Tâi-lô: khàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: khuànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvoax
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰuã¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰuã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kʰuã²¹/
* khan, khàn - literary;
* khòaⁿ - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit看 (看守) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kʰan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kʰan²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kʰã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kʰã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kʰan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kʰã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kʰã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kʰan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kʰɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kʰan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kʰan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kʰan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kʰã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kʰaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʰæ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kʰɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kʰæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰø³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kʰø⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kʰẽ̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kʰø⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰɛ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kʰuːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰan³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰɵn⁴²/ 養雞 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰon⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰon⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔn⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɔn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɔn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰan⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰɑŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰõi⁵³/ 訓讀 |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /mo²³/ 訓望 |
* Middle Chinese: khan
Rime :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦寒切 |
| Baxter | khan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰan/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤa[r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khan › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰˁa[r]/ |
| English | to watch, guard |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 看 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7354 |
| Phonetic component | 看 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 看 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːn/ |

##### Definitions

看
* to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on
       Tā méiyǒu kān xiǎohái de běnshì. [Pinyin]
       He's not competent to look after young children.

##### Compounds

* 拄笏看山
* 看住
* 看墳 / 看坟
* 看大
* 看守 (kānshǒu)
* 看守內閣 / 看守内阁
* 看守所 (kānshǒusuǒ)
* 看家 (kānjiā)
* 看家戲 / 看家戏
* 看家本領 / 看家本领
* 看家狗
* 看座兒的 / 看座儿的
* 看房子
* 看押 (kānyā)
* 看更
* 看看 (kànkàn)
* 看管 (kānguǎn)
* 看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
* 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
* 看錢奴 / 看钱奴
* 看門 / 看门 (kānmén)
* 看青
* 看風 / 看风
* 看麥娘 / 看麦娘

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): toin$^2$
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: toin$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóiⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰõĩ⁵²/

#### Definitions

看
* (Teochew) Alternative form of 睇

### Further reading

* “看”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* watch over
* see

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
* Kun: みる (miru, 看る)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 看
* かん Grade: 6
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 看 (MC khan|khanH).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kã̠ɴ]

### Affix

看(かん) • (kan)
* to watch over; to watch attentively

#### Derived terms

* 看(か​ん)護(ご) (ka​ngo)
* 看(かん)護(ご)師(し) (kangoshi)
* 看(かん)守(しゅ) (kanshu)
* 看(かん)板(ばん) (kanban)
* 看(かん)病(びょう) (kanbyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

看 (eumhun 볼 간 (bol gan))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

看: Hán Nôm readings: khan, khán, khản
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation