IDENTITY
见jiànto see; to meet
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
to see; to meet
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to seeHSK1
- 2.to meetHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 见see radical (jiàn)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- 见
USAGE
Common words
再见zàijiàngoodbye
看见kànjiànto see
见面jiànmiànto meet
Graded examples
好久不见！Hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn!HSK2
Long time no see!
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person with a big eye (儿 under 冂) — seeing. (Simplified from 見.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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