CHINESE CHARACTER

视 (shì): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

shì

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

HSK 18 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

见

Primary radical

见 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 视.

礻

Phonetic component

礻 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 8

Write 视 in 8 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 视

电视diànshì

HSK 1 · television; TV

电视剧diànshìjù

HSK 4 · TV series; TV drama

视频shìpín

HSK 4 · video

重视zhòngshì

HSK 4 · to attach importance to sth; to value

电视台diànshìtái

HSK 5 · television station

忽视hūshì

HSK 5 · to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore

Examples using 视

电视

您看电视吗？

Nín kàn diàn shì ma？

Do you watch television?

视频

她迷上了视频。

Tā mí shàng le shì pín。

She was absorbed in the video.

重视

我重视准时。

Wǒ zhòng shì zhǔn shí。

I make a point of being punctual.

FAQ

What does 视 (shì) mean in Chinese?

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

How do you write 视 in stroke order?

视 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 视?

见 is the radical in 视. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 视?

电视 (diànshì): television; TV; 电视剧 (diànshìjù): TV series; TV drama; 视频 (shìpín): video.