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Kanji Detail for 看 - "to watch, to look, to care"

看

  • Meaning

    看 means "to watch, to look, to care."

    1. Watch - To observe carefully; to monitor.

    2. Look - To gaze at; to view.

    3. Care - To tend to; to nurse.

    4. Guard - To protect; to watch over.

  • Words using 看

    • 看板 かんばん Listen signboard; sign; billboard
    • 看護 かんご Listen nursing; (army) nurse
    • 看病 かんびょう Listen nursing (a patient)
    • 看過 かんか Listen overlooking; turning a blind eye
    • 看る みる Listen to look after (often medically); to take care of
    • 看護師 かんごし Listen (hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN

  • Four-character idioms with 看

    • 一枚看板 いちまいかんばん Listen leading player; prima donna; box-office star
    • 二枚看板 にまいかんばん Listen the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features

  • Tattoo check: 看

    • Verified meaning: to watch, to look, to care
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いくひろ, いくま)

    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.

  • Name readings of 看

    Surnames 看(いくひろ)Listen 看(いくま)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    watch over; see

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    look, see; examine, scrutinize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize

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

    To look at. When eyes meet objects is all called 看. | To guard. Such as 看守 (guard), 看管 (watch over). | To treat. (Tang Poetry) "Not treating as a commoner." | A particle. Just trying something.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miru(み-る) み-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords

    watch look care guard nurse attend observe monitor protect see sight supervise

Sentences including 看

  • There's a big sign.

  • She cared for her sick mother.

  • She was looked after in the hospital.

  • Let's set up a sign here.

  • The doctor sat up all night with the sick old man.

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