瞻 (zhān): to look ahead

Meanings

领导者必须高瞻远瞩。

Lǐngdǎozhě bìxū gāozhānyuǎnzhǔ.

A leader must look far ahead and plan with foresight.

游客排队瞻仰纪念堂。

Yóukè páiduì zhānyǎng jìniàntáng.

Visitors line up to pay their respects at the memorial hall.

usage

瞻 is formal. Common in 瞻仰 (to look up to with reverence), 前瞻 (forward-looking) and 高瞻远瞩 (to take the long view).

radical

目 mù

eye

The eye radical 目 on the left marks this as a verb of looking, especially looking up or far ahead.

phonetic

詹 zhān

verbose; (a surname)

On the right 詹 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

瞻 zhān