瞰 (kàn): to look down from a height

Meanings

站在山顶可以俯瞰整个城市。

Zhàn zài shāndǐng kěyǐ fǔkàn zhěnggè chéngshì.

Standing on the mountaintop, you can look down over the whole city.

无人机提供空中鸟瞰的画面。

Wúrénjī tígōng kōngzhōng niǎokàn de huàmiàn.

The drone provides an aerial overhead view.

usage

Mostly seen in 俯瞰 (to look down on from above) and 鸟瞰 (a bird's-eye view). It specifically means looking down from a high vantage point.

radical

目 mù

eye

The eye radical 目 on the left marks this as a verb of seeing or looking.

phonetic

敢 gǎn

to dare

On the right 敢 supplies the sound, with a shift from gǎn to kàn. It functions purely as the phonetic element.

瞰 kàn