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Kanji Detail for 視 - "to see, to regard, to watch"

視

  • Meaning

    視 means "to see, to regard, to watch."

    1. See - To look at carefully; to observe.

    2. Watch - To monitor; to supervise.

    3. Regard - To consider; to view.

    4. Compare - To examine; to evaluate.

  • Words using 視

    • 監視 かんし Listen monitoring; watching; observation
    • 警視庁 けいしちょう Listen Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
    • 視点 してん Listen point of view; viewpoint; angle
    • 重視 じゅうし Listen regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
    • 視野 しや Listen field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life)
    • 視聴率 しちょうりつ Listen ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
    • 視察 しさつ Listen inspection; observation
    • 視聴者 しちょうしゃ Listen viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership

  • Four-character idioms with 視

    • 一視同仁 いっしどうじん Listen loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence
    • 反目嫉視 はんもくしっし Listen jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
    • 嫉視反目 しっしはんもく Listen jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
    • 衆人環視 しゅうじんかんし Listen all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on
    • 視野狭窄 しやきょうさく Listen narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision

  • Tattoo check: 視

    • Verified meaning: to see, to regard, to watch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    inspection; regard as; see; look at

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    look at, inspect, observe, see

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary, or bound form) to look at

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

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

    To look carefully. Examining things in detail is called 視. Such as 視學 (inspection of schools), and the like. Also starting to attend to duties is called 視事. | To treat. Such as Mencius says treating ministers like hands and feet, like dogs and horses, like grass and dirt. | The meaning of comparison. Such as saying something is comparatively better is 視此為佳.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miru(み-る) み-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    見 (miru)

  • Related Keywords

    see watch regard compare viewing consider examine eye gaze inspect look monitor observe perceive scrutinize sight

Sentences including 視

  • He disregarded my advice.

  • You should emphasize that fact.

  • I have good eyesight.

  • I have poor eyesight.

  • They went out of sight at last.

  • Her eyes fell on the baby.

  • I believe the police will ignore you.

  • He looked her right in the eye.

  • The accident deprived him of his sight.

  • They went out of sight at last.

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