收看
shōukàn · HSK 3
watch
📺 收看 = receive + look (收 collect/receive + 看 watch)
收 means to receive or collect; 看 means to look or watch. Together they mean to tune in and watch — like receiving a broadcast signal and viewing it. Used for TV programs, livestreams, and scheduled viewing.
收 — 丩 (jiū, cord/bind) + 攵 (rap/strike, action)
Originally written 收, this character combines 丩 'twisted cord' as the phonetic with 攵 'a hand holding a stick' as the semantic, depicting the action of binding up captives or gathering things together by force. The core sense 'to gather, collect, harvest' grew naturally from this image of rounding up and tying.
看 — hand 手 over eye 目
看 is an associative compound showing a hand (手, simplified to 龹) shading an eye (目), depicting someone shielding their eyes to look into the distance. From this concrete gesture it broadened to mean 'to look,' 'to watch,' and later 'to read' or 'to consider.'