小看 (xiǎo kàn)
to look down on; to underestimate
Character breakdown
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小 (xiǎo) · 3 strokes
Depicts three small dots, representing the meaning "small". Originally the same character as 少. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).
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看 (kān) · 9 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.