瞻 zhān to look
to look; to look out for; to respect
怎么记住“瞻”: 目 eye + 詹 chatter = to look. The tourist shades her eye from the sun, ignores the chatter of the tour group and climbs the steps to look up at the huge stone statue.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
瞻 = 目 eye + 詹 chatter
- 目 eye meaning
- 詹 chatter sound
The tourist shades her eye from the sun, ignores the chatter of the tour group and climbs the steps to look up at the huge stone statue.
How it came to be
The eye gives the meaning and the right part the sound; the word first meant to look down from above.
用法
- To look up to / gaze reverently: 瞻仰 (zhānyǎng) to pay respects to (a memorial, remains), 瞻望 (zhānwàng) to look ahead.
- 高瞻远瞩 (gāozhān-yuǎnzhǔ) means to be far-sighted; 前瞻 (qiánzhān) means forward-looking. Formal, respectful register.