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瞧

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to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
17
Radical
目 +12
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
瞧
Common rank
#3,419
Unicode
U+77A7

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 瞧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

目 meaning “eye” + 焦 sound ( jiāo )

Components 目 焦

How to remember it

lay eyes on · Heisig RSH #1771

eyeball + roast turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 瞧

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
吃着碗里,瞧着锅里 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , qiáo zhe guō lǐ see 吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡|吃着碗里,看着锅里[chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3]
瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt
走着瞧 zǒu zhe qiáo wait and see (who is right)
等着瞧 děng zhe qiáo wait and see (who is right)
瞧着办 qiáo zhe bàn to do as one sees fit; It's up to you.; Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.
小瞧 xiǎo qiáo (coll.) to look down on; to underestimate
瞧见 qiáo jiàn to see
东瞧西瞅 dōng qiáo xī chǒu see 東張西望|东张西望[dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 焦 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
焦 sound part jiāo burned, scorched; anxious, vexed
鹪 jiāo wren
礁 jiāo jetty, reef
蕉 jiāo banana, plantain
谯 qiáo tower; to ridicule, to blame; surname
憔 qiáo worn-out, haggard, emaciated
噍 jiào to chew, to eat, to munch
僬 jiāo clever, alert; pigmy
膲 jiāo the triple foci, the three visceral cavities
醮 jiào to anoint, to perform a rite; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony
蟭 jiāo mite, larva; mantis egg
劁 qiāo to castrate, to neuter