to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

见 character breakdown

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
child / son

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: ⺆ looks like a staple, as used in a stapler.

Zeus (ju) wants to plant bananas (丿) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He uses a plow (㇆) to dig up the earth and puts the bananas inside. To prevent the bananas from falling down, he staples them down with a stapler (⺆).

Characters with 见 as component

to appear / present / now / existing / current

= + : Martin Luther King has a project in which he wants to document the current state of the nation. He has a surveillance camera put up in the anthill's bathroom and interviews Marie Curie about her views about the present time.
variant of 規|规[gui1]

= + : In front of the Eiffel Tower, each year there are more and more surveillance cameras. A construction worker tries to find his way through this maze, but even his compass is of no use. However he's lucky that Gitta Giraffe is there: she's large enough to just see over the cameras to get an overview and tells the worker the way through the maze.
compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme

= + : In front of the Eiffel Tower, each year there are more and more surveillance cameras. A construction worker tries to find his way through this maze, but even his compass is of no use. However he's lucky that Gitta Giraffe is there: she's large enough to just see over the cameras to get an overview and tells the worker the way through the maze.
to look at / to view / to read

= + + : There's an exhibition (览) of kitchen knives (刂) in the anthill (an3), and Sir Lancelot (l) cannot resist but to steal one of the knifes. Unfortunately the robot (大) used his hidden surveillance camera (见) to record the deed.
a nap / a sleep / CL:場|场[chang2]

= + + : There have been reports of illegal sleepovers in Angkor Wat's bathroom, so Joan of Arc wants to get to the bottom of it. She plans to film the intruders with a surveillance camera, but at the same time she may not be discovered, so she hides under a cooking top which is in turn covered up with daisies. However her attempt at filming the sleepovers fail: as the night comes, she falls asleep herself in her hideout.
to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware

= + + : Lately Zeus has been acting strange when he entered the elevator, so there have been a lot of surveillance cameras put up to observe him. Zeus thinks that they are ugly and decorates them with daisies. He also feels that the cameras are emitting radiation to read his mind, so he put up a cooking lid as hat to protect his brain from the radiation.
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

= + : In front of the anthill several surveillance cameras are closely observing Gitta Giraffe's boxing training progress. She also closely watches the cameras and practices her punches until she is ready to box every one of them into oblivion.
surname Guan
Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform
to look at / to regard / to inspect

= + : Sherlock Holmes prepared a trap in the space station's bathroom. He knows that the murderer will pass by there and set up a lot of surveillance cameras to film him. Additionally he lingers around disguised as a monk in a monk's cowl to look at and observe him personally.
variant of 視|视[shi4] / variant of 示[shi4]

= + : Sherlock Holmes prepared a trap in the space station's bathroom. He knows that the murderer will pass by there and set up a lot of surveillance cameras to film him. Additionally he lingers around disguised as a monk in a monk's cowl to look at and observe him personally.
old variant of 視|视[shi4]

= + : Sherlock Holmes prepared a trap in the space station's bathroom. He knows that the murderer will pass by there and set up a lot of surveillance cameras to film him. Additionally he lingers around disguised as a monk in a monk's cowl to look at and observe him personally.
warship

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) found a very old yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She is able to retrieve an old surveillance camera (见) from it and can see on the videotape how the submarine was totaled by a warship (舰) during the last war.
(literary) to seek / to find

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is looking for (觅) her razor (爫) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but she just cannot find it. Finally she looks at the recordings of the bathroom's surveillance camera (见) and finds that it has been stolen by her roomie.
old variant of 覓|觅[mi4]
amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)

= + : Marie Curie (xi) steals some amaranth (苋) plants from the anthill's bathroom (an4) and replaces them with artificial lawn (艹) to hide the crime. She doesn't know that there are security cameras (见) though.
ink-stone
abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山[Xian4 shou3 shan1] / Mt Xianshou in Hubei / steep hill / used in place names
(history) to have an audience with the Emperor

Words with 见

lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect / quick results
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
to regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along.
visible light / light in optical spectrum
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
see 抬頭不見低頭見|抬头不见低头见[tai2 tou2 bu4 jian4 di1 tou2 jian4]
from this, it can be seen that...
I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
sectarian bias / parochialism

Sentences with 见

ǎn
lǎo
su̅n
yào
jiàn
zhè
lǎo
lóng
wáng
 
 
kuài
kuài
to̅ng
bào