视

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

见 meaning “see” + 礻 sound

Components 礻见

inspect · Heisig RSH #903

altar + 见 see

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电视机	diàn shì jī	television set; CL:臺\|台[tai2]
电视	diàn shì	television; TV; CL:臺\|台[tai2],部[bu4]
有线电视	yǒu xiàn diàn shì	cable television
黑白电视	hēi bái diàn shì	black and white TV
中国电视公司	Zhōng guó Diàn shì Gōng sī	China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan
自视清高	zì shì qīng gāo	to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important
数字电视	shù zì diàn shì	digital television
高清电视	gāo qīng diàn shì	high definition television HDTV
中华电视	Zhōng huá Diàn shì	Chinese Television System (CTS), Taiwan
可视化	kě shì huà	visualization
视区	shì qū	field of view
电视台	diàn shì tái	television station
电视台	diàn shì tái	variant of 電視台\|电视台[dian4 shi4 tai2]
中视	Zhōng shì	China Television Company (CTV), Taiwan (abbr. for 中國電視公司\|中国电视公司[Zhong1 guo2 Dian4 shi4 Gon…
无视	wú shì	to ignore; to disregard
老视眼	lǎo shì yǎn	presbyopia
音乐电视	yīn yuè diàn shì	Music Television MTV
小视	xiǎo shì	to belittle; to look down upon; to despise
自视	zì shì	to view oneself
视神经	shì shén jīng	optic nerve