汉字“看”是手搭凉棚望远

The character "kan" means to look. 汉字“看”，意思就是看东西。 Above it is the shape of a hand. 它的上面，是一只手的样子。 Below it is the shape of an eye. 它的下面，是一只眼睛的样子。 People raise a hand to shade the sun. 人们抬起手，搭在额前挡太阳。 Then they can see much farther. 这样一来，就能望得更远啦。 That old drawing became the word "kan". 这幅老画，就变成了“看”字。 Try to shade your eyes like that. 你也把手搭个凉棚试试看吧。