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见 — to see; to meet; to appear

to see; to meet; to appear; to interview; opinion; view

Pinyin
jiàn · xiàn
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

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

How to write 见: 4 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.

见 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 见

Words with 见 in the HSK syllabus: 39

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. 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear; to interview; opinionHSK 1
  2. 看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight ofHSK 1
  3. 听见tīngjiànto hearHSK 1
  4. 再见zàijiàngoodbyeHSK 1
  5. 不见bújiànnot to see; not to meet; to have disappearedHSK 3
  6. 常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common; to see sth frequentlyHSK 3
  7. 见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each otherHSK 3
  8. 遇见yùjiànto meetHSK 3
  9. 少见shǎojiànrare; seldom seen; it's a rare pleasure to see youHSK 4
  10. 意见yìjiànidea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaintHSK 4
  11. 可见kějiànit can clearly be seen; it is clear; clear; visibleHSK 5
  12. 碰见pèngjiànto run into; to meet; to bump intoHSK 5
  13. 罕见hǎnjiànrare; rarely seenHSK 6
  14. 会见huìjiànto meet withHSK 6
  15. 拜见bàijiànto pay a formal visit; to call to pay respectsHSK 7–9
  16. 不见得bújiàndénot necessarily; not likelyHSK 7–9
  17. 参见cānjiànto refer to; compare; to pay respect toHSK 7–9
  18. 高见gāojiànwise opinion; brilliant ideaHSK 7–9
  19. 各抒己见gèshū-jǐjiàneveryone gives their own viewHSK 7–9
  20. 见多识广jiànduō-shíguǎngexperienced and knowledgeableHSK 7–9
  21. 见解jiànjiěopinion; view; understandingHSK 7–9
  22. 见利忘义jiànlì-wàngyìto abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profitHSK 7–9
  23. 见仁见智jiànrén-jiànzhìopinions differHSK 7–9
  24. 见识jiànshito gain first-hand knowledge of sthHSK 7–9
  25. 见外jiànwàito treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guestHSK 7–9
  26. 见闻jiànwénwhat one has seen and heard; knowledgeHSK 7–9
  27. 见效jiànxiàoto produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired resultHSK 7–9
  28. 见义勇为jiànyì-yǒngwéito step in and help; to take brave or selfless actionHSK 7–9
  29. 见证jiànzhèngto be witness to; witness; evidenceHSK 7–9
  30. 接见jiējiànto receive sb; to grant an interviewHSK 7–9
  31. 难得一见nándé yí jiànrarely seenHSK 7–9
  32. 偏见piānjiànprejudice; biasHSK 7–9
  33. 司空见惯sīkōng-jiànguàna common occurrenceHSK 7–9
  34. 随处可见suíchù kě jiàncan be seen everywhereHSK 7–9
  35. 喜闻乐见xǐwén-lèjiànto love to hear and see; well receivedHSK 7–9
  36. 显而易见xiǎn’éryìjiànclearly and easy to see; obviously; clearlyHSK 7–9
  37. 一针见血yìzhēn-jiànxiělit. to draw blood on the first prickHSK 7–9
  38. 预见yùjiànto foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envisionHSK 7–9
  39. 远见yuǎnjiànforesight; discernment; visionHSK 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.