看
kàn to look, to watch
9 strokes
Where the shape comes from
A hand, flattened across the top, held over an eye, 目. Shading your eyes to look into the distance.
手hand, flattened
目eye
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
Press Watch to see the stroke order.
Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
看书kàn shūto read
好看hǎokànnice to look at
看见kànjiànto see
Watch out
The mistake people make
Writing the eye as 日. The eye, 目, has two lines inside.