看来 (kàn lai)

Character breakdown

• 看 (kān) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.

• 来 (lái) · 7 strokes

  Simplified form of 來. Pictograph of a stalk of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as 麥.