看
kàn · HSK 1
to look
👁️✋ 看 = hand (手) over eye (目) — shading the eyes to look out
The top is a flattened form of 手 (hand) and the bottom is 目 (eye). The character literally shows a hand held above the eye to block the sun while looking into the distance.
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.'