to look at; to watch (视力, 注视); to regard; to treat as (重视, 藐视); to visit (探视)
视 is to look — watching TV, and how you regard or treat things.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 会意兼形声, 从见示、示亦声 — the altar/show side carries both meaning and sound, beside the seeing side.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to look at; to watch (视力, 注视); to regard; to treat as (重视, 藐视); to visit (探视)
视 is to look — watching TV, and how you regard or treat things.
ZDIC: 会意兼形声, 从见示、示亦声 — the altar/show side carries both meaning and sound, beside the seeing side.
MEANING AND SOUND (示亦声)
altar; spirit; to show (from 示)
The left-side form of 示; not a standalone page.
In 视: meaning and sound (示亦声) The left form of 示; shì matches the reading exactly.
MEANING: TO SEE
to see; to meet
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.
In 视: meaning: to see Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
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