Radical 见

9 strokes

覽

prostrate (699a) + see 见 (214) = view 览

展览 (665) zhǎnlǎn exhibit, exhibition

[游览 (688) yóulǎn tour, sightsee]

You lie prostrate to see if you can see any mouse holes in the skirting board — you do this every time you view a room you might rent. / Teddy says, “Why not just ask the landlord?”

two sticks (697a) + (half) bamboo (321a) = prostrate

(Visiting the emperor, everyone is waiting in the antechamber) When the emperor approaches, a court official uses two sticks to beat loudly on a drum, “Bam! Bam!” — and everyone falls prostrate. (Notice that we’ve cheated here and used “bam” to stand for half of “bamboo”!) / [No pronunciation needed]