見 — how to write the kanji for “see”
見 means “see”, “hopes” and “chances”; it is a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (22nd). As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 36 kanji in KANJIDIC2. Read ken, it forms 会見 (“interview”), 意見 (“opinion”) and 見解 (“opinion”); the native reading mi-ru gives 見方 (“viewpoint”) and 見直し (“review”). Mainland Chinese writes it 见 (jiàn, “to see”), an HSK 1 character.
- Strokes
- 7
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 見 (“see”)
- On
- ケン
- Kun
- み·える, み·る, み·せる
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Its parts sit stacked: 目 (“eye”), strokes 1–5; 儿 (“legs”), strokes 6–7, each finished before the next.
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
- Vertical-curve-hook ㇟centerdownwards → rightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 7 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Under the radical 見
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ケン ken
- Kun (native)
- み·える mi-eru, み·る mi-ru (rare), み·せる mi-seru (rare)
- Meanings
- see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at
- Read ken
- 会見 意見 見解 発見 見学
- Read mi-ru
- 見方 見直し 見通し 見込み 見事
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 22nd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 견 gyeon
- Common words
- 116 in JMdict
Words with 見
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会見 | かいけん kaiken | interview; audience |
| 意見 | いけん iken | opinion; view |
| 見方 | みかた mikata | viewpoint; point of view |
| 見直し | みなおし minaoshi | review; reconsideration |
| 見通し | みとおし mitooshi | unobstructed view; perspective |
| 見解 | けんかい kenkai | opinion; point of view |
| 見込み | みこみ mikomi | hope; promise |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection |
| 見事 | みごと migoto | splendid; magnificent |
| 見学 | けんがく kengaku | inspection; study by observation |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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