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Kanji Detail for 視 - "to look at, to observe, to compare"

  • Meaning

    視 means "to look at, to observe, to compare."

    1. To see - To look carefully; observe attentively.

    2. To watch - To take care of; supervise.

  • Words using

    • 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

    • 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:

    • Verified meaning: to look at, to observe, to compare
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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.

  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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