Kanji Detail for 閱 - "inspect, elapse, gatepost"

閱

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
閱 means "inspect, elapse, gatepost."
1. Inspect - To examine; to look at carefully.
2. Elapse - To pass; for time to go by.
3. Gatepost - The right pillar of a gate; lineage.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

examine, inspect, review, read

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to examine, to inspect; to read, to review

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

To view. With the meaning of examining. As in 閱兵 (review troops), 閱卷 (review papers) and the like. | To experience. Equivalent to having experience. As in 閱人多矣 (having met many people). | 閥閱. Equivalent to saying a distinguished family. See "閥" for details.
Onyomi

etsu(えつ)
Kunyomi

he.ru(へる)

kemi.suru(けみする)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)
Related Keywords
inspect examine look carefully elapse pass time gatepost right pillar gate lineage