TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
看
ㄎㄢˋ · kàn/kān
verb — to look, see; (kān) to watch over
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A hand (手) raised flat above an eye (目) — shading out the sun to see far. Read kàn, it is every act of looking: 看書、看到、看醫生. Read kān, the eye stays on duty: 看門、看護.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
太陽刺眼，他抬手（手）搭在眉上，瞇起眼（目）望向路的盡頭。
Sun in the eyes (目) — a hand (手) comes up over the brow, and the gaze goes down the road.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
kàn
(本義)看見、看到— to look, to see常用
→看書、看醫生— to read; to see a doctor — looking that does
⇒看法— a view — how one sees it
kān
(引申)看守、看門— to watch over, guard — the eye that stays
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension