U+770B "看" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
看
U+770B "看" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "to see," "to look at," "to watch," or "to read," and it is formed from the radical 目 (eye) combined with a hand-like component suggesting an action of shading or directing the gaze, historically depicting a hand above an eye. This ideograph is widely used in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean, functioning both as a standalone verb and as a component in compound words such as 看見 (to see) or 看書 (to read a book). Its structure reflects a conceptual blend of sensory perception and intentional focus, making it a common and essential character across East Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+770B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 看 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 看 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x9C 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x770B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000770B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u770b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ACDD |
| kCCCII | 214D4A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5260 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5260 |
| kCangjie | HQBU |
| kCantonese | hon1 |
| kCihaiT | 947.602 |
| kCowles | 1158 1162 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1219.060 |
| kDefinition | look, see; examine, scrutinize |
| kEACC | 214D4A |
| kFanqie | 苦寒 苦旰 |
| kFenn | 841A |
| kFennIndex | 240.01 241.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2060.4 |
| kGB0 | 3120 |
| kGB1 | 3120 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0142a |
| kHangul | 간:0E |
| kHanYu | 42474.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | kàn(6042) kān(66) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42474.030:kàn,kān |
| kHKGlyph | 2742 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1219.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42474.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0803.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3F34 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ACDD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3447 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CDD7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4A57 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5260 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-603F |
| kJapanese | カン みる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1539 |
| kJapaneseKun | MIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN |
| kJis0 | 2039 |
| kKangXi | 0803.070 |
| kKorean | KAN |
| kLau | 1217 1218 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 4170 |
| kMandarin | kàn |
| kMatthews | 3251 |
| kMeyerWempe | 778 781 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ018150 |
| kMorohashi | 23196 |
| kNelson | 0222 |
| kPhonetic | 499 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1539+109.5.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 109.4 |
| kSBGY | 123.23 401.47 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 460.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kàn粵hon3 kàn粵hon1 kān粵hon1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 4170 |
| kTang | *kɑn kɑ̀n |
| kTGHZ2013 | 192.150:kān 193.050:kàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | khan khán khản khăn khen khớn |
| kXerox | 241:124 |
| kXHC1983 | 0632.020:kān 0633.060:kàn |