看kànto look; to read
- Theme
- Verbs
- Level
- First words
- Strokes
- 9
- Syllable
- kan
How 看 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我看书。
Wǒ kàn shū.
I am reading a book.
- 我wǒI
- 看kànto look; to read
- 书shūbook
晚上我们看电影吧。
Wǎnshàng wǒmen kàn diànyǐng ba.
Let's watch a film tonight.
- 晚上wǎnshàngevening
- 我们wǒmenwe
- 看kànto look; to read
- 电影diànyǐngmovie
- 吧baparticle: suggestion
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 着
- 春
- 首