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kàn

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kàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kàn | kan4
English translation
to watch, to spy on; to overlook, to look down on

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About kàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

kàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of kàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目敢

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using kàn

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还有 hái yǒu 其他 qítā de 房子 fáng zi Néng xiàng 这幢一样 yīyàng 俯瞰 fǔ kàn 首都 shǒudū

What other home offers such a commanding view of the capital?

这栋房子 fáng zi 地势 dìshì jiào Gāo 可以 kěyǐ 俯瞰 fǔ kàn 全城 quán chéng

The house is in an elevated position, overlooking the town.

Cóng shǎng wǎng xià 俯瞰 fǔ kàn 山谷 shān gǔ 呈现出人形 rén xíng 轮廓 lúnkuò

Viewed from above, the valleys form the shape of a man.

城堡 chéngbǎo 俯瞰 fǔ kàn 一片私家 sī jiā 绿地 lǜ dì

The castle looks over private parkland.

Cóng 这座房子 fáng zi 可以 kěyǐ 俯瞰 fǔ kàn dào 特拉华 Tè lā huá wān 壮丽 zhuànglì de 景致 jǐng zhì

The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.

Words with kàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
俯瞰 fǔ kàn to overlook俯瞰 fǔ kàn
鸟瞰 niǎo kàn bird's-eye view鳥瞰
kàn to spy on sth kàn
鸟瞰图 niǎo kàn tú bird's-eye view鳥瞰圖

kàn Decomposition & Compounds

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