眼 – eyeball

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#1527 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 眼 means eyeball. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン、ゲン (gan, gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まなこ、め (manako, me). It is written with 11 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	ガン	gan
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	まなこ	manako
Kun’yomi	め	me

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: 艮・目.

Words using 眼

眼鏡めがねglasses眼科がんかophthalmology近眼きんがんnearsightedness眼球がんきゅうeyeball

Example sentences

十人に一人は近眼である。

One out of ten persons is nearsighted.

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Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着督省看瞬眠盾眺睡盲瞳

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