Kanji Detail for 眷 - "look back, affection, attracted, family"

眷

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
眷 means "look back, affection, attracted, family."
1. Look back - To turn around and see; to be concerned about.
2. Affection - Kindness.
3. Attracted - To yearn for.
4. Family - Relatives; a clan.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

look around; regard affectionately

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

take interest in, care for

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to take an interest in; to care for

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To look back. The meaning of caring and thinking about. Such as 眷接 (caring attachment), 卷戀 (fondly attached). | Those one looks after. Colloquially, family members are called 家眷. Relatives by marriage are called 親眷.
Onyomi

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

kaeri.miru(かえりみる)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

目罒 (me・mehen)
Related Keywords
look turn around see concerned affection kindness attracted yearn family relatives clan