瞰 (kàn): to look down from a height

Meanings

1 to look down from a height
2 to overlook

Characters

瞰

kàn

to look down from a height

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

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.

Components

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.

Stroke Order

瞰 kàn

Related Words

俯瞰 fǔkàn #18,981

to overlook / to look down at (from a high vantage point) / bird's-eye view

鸟瞰 niǎokàn #29,499

to get a bird's-eye view / to look down from above / bird's-eye view (overview)

倒下 dǎoxià HSK 7-9 #4,263

to fall down / to collapse / to be struck down

打倒 dǎdǎo HSK 7-9 #5,212

to overthrow / to knock down / down with

关闭 guānbì HSK 4 #2,087

to close; to shut / to shut down; to close down

顾 gù HSK 6 #5,745

to look after; to care for / to attend to; to take into account / to look around; to turn around

击倒 jīdǎo #6,826

to knock down / to knock out / to strike down

砍 kǎn HSK 7-9 #2,204

to chop / to hack / to cut down / to slash

看 kàn HSK 1 #50

to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to treat (a patient) / to depend on / to give it a try

看成 kànchéng HSK 5 #7,191

to regard as; to consider as; to look upon as