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Kanji Detail for 覧 - "to view, to observe, to survey"

覧

  • Meaning

    覧 means "to view, to observe, to survey."

    1. View - To see; to look at broadly.

    2. Survey - To examine comprehensively; to observe widely.

    3. Exhibition - A display for viewing.

  • Words using 覧

    • 展覧会 てんらんかい Listen exhibition
    • 博覧会 はくらんかい Listen exhibition; exposition; expo
    • 一覧表 いちらんひょう Listen list; table; schedule
    • 閲覧 えつらん Listen inspection; reading; perusal
    • 一覧 いちらん Listen look; glance; sight
    • 遊覧 ゆうらん Listen sightseeing
    • ご覧 ごらん Listen (please) try to; (please) look; seeing
    • ご覧になる ごらんになる Listen to see; to look; to watch

  • Four-character idioms with 覧

    • 博覧多識 はくらんたしき Listen erudition and extensive knowledge; widely read and well-informed
    • 博覧強記 はくらんきょうき Listen encyclopedic knowledge and strong memory

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    • Verified meaning: to view, to observe, to survey
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すぐる, まさる, らん)

    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 覧

    Given names 覧(すぐる)Listen 覧(らん)Listen

    Surnames 覧(まさる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    perusal; see

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    look at, inspect; perceive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 覽|览

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ran(ラン) ラン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miru(み-る) み-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    見 (miru)

  • Related Keywords

    view observe survey perusal inspection see contemplate examination perspective scrutiny sight look

Sentences including 覧

  • Say which one you would like.

  • Look at the boy and the dog that are running over there.

  • Look up the word in the dictionary.

  • Please visit there today.

  • You ought to have seen the exhibition.

  • Look at that tall building.

  • Look out of the window.

  • Look at that high mountain.

  • Look at the sleeping baby.

  • The exhibition is well worth a visit.

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