看 – watch over, see

9 strokesTaught in grade 6#1060 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 看 means watch over, see. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is み.る (miru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	み.る	miru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: ノ・一・手・二・目.

Words using 看

看護婦かんごふ(female) nurse看板かんばんsignboard看病かんびょうnursing (a patient)看護かんごnursing

Example sentences

なぜ看護婦になりたいのですか。

Why do you want to be a nurse?

Tatoeba #199207

日光で看板の文字があせた。

The sun had faded the lettering on the sign.

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医者は病気の老人を看病して夜を明かした。

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

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Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着督省瞬眠盾眼眺睡盲瞳

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