视 Stroke Order — How to Write 视

Stroke Order

视 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 见, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

视 Radical and Character Components

Components:礻见

视 is a phono-semantic compound: 见 (see) carries the meaning, while 礻 indicates the sound.

Radical: 见 + 4 more strokes

视 Pronunciation and Pinyin

shì

Meanings of 视 in Chinese

shì视

To look; vision, eyesight, field of vision, to despise, to gaze, nearsightedness, to turn a blind eye, to ignore.

他因为长时间看电脑，视力下降了。

His eyesight deteriorated because he spent too much time looking at the computer.

To personally observe, inspect, or oversee an activity or place.

经理定期视察工厂的生产线，以确保产品质量。

The manager regularly inspects the factory's production line to ensure product quality.

To regard; to view; to consider (as in 'to attach importance to' or 'to despise').

我们应该重视环境保护。

We should attach importance to environmental protection.

To visit; to call on (e.g., a patient or elder).

他去医院探视了生病的朋友。

He went to the hospital to visit his sick friend.

To compare; to regard as; to treat as equivalent to.

这家餐厅的服务视同五星级酒店。

The service at this restaurant is considered equivalent to that of a five-star hotel.

An archaic variant of '示' (shì), meaning 'to show' or 'to indicate'.

此举以视众人，其决心已定

This action serves to indicate to all that his resolve is firm.

Common Words and Phrases with 视

shì视chà差

Parallax refers to the apparent displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, or the difference in the apparent position of an object viewed from two different points.

在进行精确测量时，我们必须注意避免因视差引起的读数错误。

When making precise measurements, we must be careful to avoid reading errors caused by parallax.

shì视chá察

To inspect or survey, typically by an official, to examine work or conditions.

厂长今天上午视察了新车间

The factory director inspected the new workshop this morning.

shì视ér而bù不jiàn见

to look but not see; to ignore; to turn a blind eye to

她对屋子里的脏乱视而不见，仿佛根本不存在一样。

She turned a blind eye to the mess in the room, as if it didn't exist at all.

shì视jiè界

visual field; field of vision

旅行可以拓宽我们的视界，让我们看到更多不同的文化和生活方式。

Travel can broaden our horizons, allowing us to see more diverse cultures and lifestyles.

shì视jù距

Range of visibility; the farthest distance at which an object can be seen.

由于大雾，驾驶员的视距大大缩短，驾驶需格外小心。

Due to heavy fog, the driver's line of sight was greatly reduced, requiring extra caution while driving.

shì视jué觉

The sense by which light is perceived; the ability to see.

艺术品通过色彩和形状来刺激观众的视觉。

Artworks stimulate the audience's visual sense through colors and shapes.

shì视lì力biǎo表

An eye chart is a chart used to measure visual acuity, typically consisting of rows of letters or symbols of decreasing size that are read from a distance.

医生让我站在指定位置，指着墙上的视力表，让我念出最小一行字母。

The doctor asked me to stand at the designated spot, pointed to the eye chart on the wall, and asked me to read the smallest line of letters.

shì视máng盲

Loss or absence of the sense of sight; ablepsia.

为了帮助那些有视盲的朋友，社区组织了一个读书活动，提供有声读物和盲文书籍。

To help friends with visual impairment, the community organized a reading event, offering audiobooks and braille books.

shì视qū区

The visual area is a sensory region in the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.

经过研究，科学家们发现不同动物的视区结构有显著差异。

After research, scientists have found significant differences in the structure of the visual cortex among different animals.

shì视rú如bì敝xǐ屣

To regard something as a worn-out shoe, implying deep contempt or disdain; to treat as utterly worthless.

他把那些不再使用的旧物，都视如敝屣，毫不犹豫地捐赠给了慈善机构。

He regarded all those old items he no longer used as mere worn-out shoes, and donated them to charity organizations without hesitation.

shì视rú如fèn粪tǔ土

To regard as dirt/filth; to hold in extreme contempt or disdain.

他将那些虚伪的赞美视如粪土，只追求真实的评价。

He regarded those insincere compliments as dirt, only pursuing genuine evaluations.

shì视rú如kòu寇chóu仇

To regard as a sworn enemy; to look upon as a mortal foe.

因为他在项目中屡次陷害我，所以我视他如寇仇

Because he repeatedly undermined me in the project, I regard him as a bitter enemy.

shì视rú如tǔ土jiè芥

To regard as dirt and weeds; to hold in extreme contempt or disdain.

对于那些真正热爱学习的人来说，考试的分数不过是浮云，他们视如土芥，更看重知识本身的探索。

For those who truly love learning, test scores are merely fleeting clouds; they treat them as utterly worthless, valuing the exploration of knowledge itself more.