见 (jiàn) is Kangxi radical no. 147, “see”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 见 (jiàn) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “see” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 9 strokes. 3 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.
Good ones to start with: 见 (jiàn) see / meet / appear, 视 (shì) to look at, 觉 (jué) a nap.
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