看

kànkān

to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on

How to write 看, stroke by stroke

kàn: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
kān: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard

Ideographic: Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance

Made of 手 + 目

看到kàn dàoto see
看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
看起来kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
看来kàn laiapparently; it seems that
看上去kàn shang quit would appear; it seems (that)
好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view; opinion
看不见kàn bu jiàncannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
试试看shì shì kànto give it a try
看好kān hǎoto keep an eye on
看好kàn hǎoto regard as having good prospects

在我看来很有意思！
zài wǒ kàn lái hěn yǒu yì sī ！
It seems interesting to me.
我跟你说话的时候看着我！
wǒ gēn nǐ shuō huà de shí hòu kàn zhe wǒ ！
Look at me when I talk to you!
我们能从窗户看到日落。
wǒ men néng cóng chuāng hù kàn dào rì luò 。
We could see the sunset from the window.
我已经看过这部电影了。
wǒ yǐ jīng kàn guò zhè bù diàn yǐng le 。
I have seen the film before.
她整夜看护了她生病的孩子。
tā zhěng yè kān hù le tā shēng bìng de hái zi 。
She took care of her sick child all night.