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The character 看, representing the act of looking, originates from a composite ideograph that combines a stylized depiction of a hand placed above an eye, conceptually illustrating the gesture of shielding one's eyes to gaze into the distance. This structural arrangement has remained consistent in its written form, directly linking its visual composition to its core meaning of visual observation. Over time, the application of 看 expanded beyond mere physical sight to encompass a variety of related actions, including reading texts, visiting people, and forming opinions, thereby demonstrating a natural extension of its fundamental concept into broader cognitive and social domains.
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我正在看电视。
他喜欢看书。
我们去看电影吧。
你要看清楚说明。
昨天我看了三小时电视。
在图书馆里不能大声看书。
如果你仔细看，就会发现错误。
这本书被很多人看过。