見下ろす
みおろす · miorosu · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to overlook
見 (see) + 下 (down): to see downward, from above, so it means to overlook or look down on
Read it as 'see down'. Japanese uses the same verb for seeing something from a height and for dismissing it as beneath notice.
下 — horizontal line 一 + mark below
下 is an indicative character: a long horizontal line represents a reference level, and a shorter stroke placed beneath it points to the area below. The original meaning 'below, down' comes directly from this spatial diagram, and it later extended to verbs like 'descend' and 'lower'.