见 (jiàn): meaning and stroke order
见 (jiàn) means to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view, to appear.
见
- Simplified
- 见
- Traditional
- 見
- Pinyin
- jiàn · xiàn
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Stroke order of 见
见
- jiàn to see; to meet
- xiàn to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 見
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Meaning of 见
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jiàn
Traditional 見
- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
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xiàn
Traditional 見
- to appear
- also written 現|现[xian4]
Radical and structure
- 见
- Radical 见 (Kangxi radical 147) in its simplified form · 4 strokes
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Words with 见
- 意见 yì jiàn idea; opinion
- 见面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- 接见 jiē jiàn to receive sb; to grant an interview
- 常见 cháng jiàn commonly seen; common
- 看见 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
- 听见 tīng jiàn to hear
- 一见如故 yī jiàn rú gù familiarity at first sight
- 可见 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear
- 见识 jiàn shi to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself
- 偏见 piān jiàn prejudice; bias
- 再见 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later
- 不见得 bù jiàn de not necessarily; not likely
见 in our stories
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画完最后一笔，姑娘向他深深地鞠了一躬，慢慢地不见了。
huà wán zuìhòu yì bǐ gūniang xiàng tā shēnshēn de jū le yì gōng mànmàn de bú jiàn le
When he made the last brushstroke, the girl bowed deeply to him and slowly faded away.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
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晚上十一点半，刑警骆驰接到电话：甄太太家进了小偷，一条很贵的钻石项链不见了。
wǎnshang shíyī diǎn bàn xíngjǐng Luò Chí jiēdào diànhuà Zhēn tàitai jiā jìn le xiǎotōu yì tiáo hěn guì de zuànshí xiàngliàn bú jiàn le
At half past eleven at night, detective Luo Chi got a call: a burglar had broken into Mrs Zhen's home and a very expensive diamond necklace was gone.
From the story The dry floor HSK 6
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第二天一大早，苏菲就不见了。于航找了半天，才在厨房里找到她：她正跟邻居的阿婆学包汤圆，嘴里还一遍遍地念着什么。
dì-èr tiān yídàzǎo Sūfēi jiù bú jiàn le Yú Háng zhǎo le bàntiān cái zài chúfáng lǐ zhǎodào tā tā zhèng gēn línjū de āpó xué bāo tāngyuán zuǐ lǐ hái yí biàn biàn de niàn zhe shénme
Early the next morning Sophie had vanished. Yu Hang searched for ages before finding her in the kitchen, learning to make sweet rice dumplings from the old lady next door and repeating something under her breath.
From the story An old bracelet HSK 6
Stories using 见
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The dry floor HSK 6
- An old bracelet HSK 6
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).