to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
视 (shì) · 8 strokes
Simplified form of 視. Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 礻 represents the sound.
为 (wéi) · 4 strokes
Simplified form of 為. Pictograph of a hand (又) guiding an elephant (象) to do work (in ancient China elephants were tamed to do work). Based on the meaning "to work; to do".