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kān
HSK 1freq #52

Meanings

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kān
  1. 1.to look after
  2. 2.to take care of
  3. 3.to watch
  4. 4.to guard
kàn
  1. 1.to see; to look at
  2. 2.to read
  3. 3.to watch
  4. 4.to visit; to call on
  5. 5.to consider; to regard as
  6. 6.to look after
  7. 7.to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. 8.to depend on
  9. 9.to feel (that)
  10. 10.(after a verb) to give it a try
  11. 11.to watch out for

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to look; to see; to watch
  2. 2.to read
  3. 3.to observe; to check
  4. 4.to visit; to call on
  5. 5.to think; to feel (that)
  6. 6.to consider; to regard as; to treat like
  7. 7.to depend on
  8. 8.to treat (a patient or sickness)
  9. 9.Used to indicate the potential mood.
  10. 10.placed after a verb (often reduplicated) or a verb phrase to indicate a trial
  11. 11.to look after; to take care of; to tend; to keep an eye on

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 手 (“hand”) + 目 (“eye”) – to put a hand above eyes to gaze afar. STEDT compares it to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ka(n/ŋ) (“to know; to see”). Also compare Tibetan མཁན་པོ (mkhan po, “professor; abbot”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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