Look in Chinese (Mandarin): 看 (kàn)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 看

• 看

  To look, to watch. A hand (手) above an eye (目): shading your eyes to look far.

  9 strokes

Fourth tone. Reading a book is 看书 (kàn shū) and watching TV is 看电视 (kàn diànshì).

More examples with 看

• 我在看书。

  我在看書。

  Wǒ zài kàn shū.

  I am reading a book.

• 你看，有一只鸟！

  你看，有一隻鳥！

  Nǐ kàn, yǒu yì zhī niǎo!

  Look, there's a bird!

How to write 看 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.