Chinese Character 觇 Meanings and components.

Form

觇

Meaning

觇 meaning[3] in English

To Observe.

To Spy On.

Taiwan Pr. [Zhan1].

View more meanings of 觇 in English

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 觇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 占[zhan4] (占) , and to see (见)

Its radical[1] is: 見 (jian4) which means: To See, To Meet, To Appear (To Be Sth), To Interview, .見jian4to see

In cangjie it is written with YRBHU

How to write 觇

To write觇chan1to observe you should write a combination of 占zhan4variant of … , 见jian4to see arranged in a 吅 shape:

占 + 见 = 觇

觇 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 觇 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 觇, looks as follow:

觇
Pinyin:chan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Observe . To Spy On . Taiwan Pr. [Zhan1]
占
Pinyin:zhan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 占[Zhan4]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 觇in English or Chinese