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瞰

kàn

Character

What 瞰 means

1. to look down from a height
2. to spy on sth

Other readings

瞰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kànvariant of {瞰|kàn}

Example sentences

• 窗户俯瞰着院子。
  Chuānghu fǔkàn zhe yuànzi.
  The window overlooks the courtyard.
• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Words starting with 瞰

• 瞰望kàn wàngto overlook; to watch from above
• 瞰临kàn línto overlook; to watch from above

Words containing 瞰

• 俯瞰fǔ kànto look down at (from a high vantage point)
• 鸟瞰niǎo kànto get a bird's-eye view; bird's-eye view; broad overview
• 俯瞰图fǔ kàn túbird's-eye view
• 鸟瞰图niǎo kàn túbird's-eye view; see also 俯瞰图
• 俯瞰摄影fǔ kàn shè yǐngcrane shot; boom shot (photography)

Characters built on 敢

These share the phonetic component 敢 (gǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 憨hānsilly; simple-minded; foolish
• 阚kànto glance; to peep

Characters that look like 瞰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 徵zhǐ4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 踝huáiankle
• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 蝾róngsalamander

Sounds the same

Read kàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 看to see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 磡dangerous sea-cliff
• 阚to glance; to peep
• 衎pleased
• 墈cliff
• 鬫variant of 阚; to roar; to growl