Radical ⾒ (147)

{見} *kˤens “to see”

Depiction of a kneeling person (卩) with an emphasis on his eye (目).

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (694)

Forms:

见 - Shortening based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form in China.

Zhanguo (Qin)	Qin	W.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)
集11405.1 [鬹]	里耶8-1437背	北.老27	孔龢碑	南0241X

{規} *kʷe “compass”

Shortened form of 𭑌 (depiction of a person holding a carpenter’s square for {矩} *kʷ(r)aʔ “carpenter’s square”) + probably shortened form of ♪𧠹 *KᵂE (⿱目人 LOOK (> 見) + ♪圭 *KᵂE for {窺} *kʷʰe “to peep”).

陳劍 2015 - 說“規”等字並論一些特別的形聲字意符

Shortening of 見 based on the cursive form. Modern simplified form of 見 in China.

• Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (42)