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看 — to see; to look at; to read

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

Pinyin
kàn · kān
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — kàn, kān — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 看: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

看 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 看

Words with 看 in the HSK syllabus: 29

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; goodHSK 1
  2. 看kànto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardHSK 1
  3. 看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patientHSK 1
  4. 看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight ofHSK 1
  5. 看来kànláiapparently; it seems thatHSK 3
  6. 难看nánkànugly; unsightlyHSK 3
  7. 查看chákànto look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret outHSK 4
  8. 观看guānkànto watch; to viewHSK 4
  9. 看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view; opinionHSK 4
  10. 看kānto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardHSK 5
  11. 看望kànwàngto pay a visit to; to seeHSK 5
  12. 看作kànzuòto look upon as; to regard asHSK 5
  13. 收看shōukànto watchHSK 5
  14. 看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despiseHSK 6
  15. 看待kàndàito look upon; to regardHSK 6
  16. 看得起kàndeqǐto show respect for; to think highly ofHSK 6
  17. 看好kànhǎoto regard as having good prospectsHSK 6
  18. 看似kànsìto look as if; to seemHSK 6
  19. 看中kànzhòngto have a preference for; to fancyHSK 6
  20. 看重kànzhòngto regard as important; to valueHSK 6
  21. 眼看yǎnkànsoon; in a moment; to look on as sth happensHSK 6
  22. 别看biékàndon't be fooled by the fact thatHSK 7–9
  23. 察看chákànto watch; to look carefully atHSK 7–9
  24. 刮目相看guāmù-xiāngkànto have a whole new level of respect for sb or sthHSK 7–9
  25. 看护kānhùto nurse; to look after; to watch overHSK 7–9
  26. 看守kānshǒuto guard; to watch overHSK 7–9
  27. 看台kàntáiterrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platformHSK 7–9
  28. 看管kānguǎnto look afterHSK 7–9
  29. 小看xiǎokànto look down on; to underestimateHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.