顧 – look back, review, examine oneself

21 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1058 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 顧 means look back, review, examine oneself, turn around. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かえり.みる (kaerimiru). It is written with 21 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	かえり.みる	kaerimiru

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: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・戸・頁・隹・一・尸.

Words using 顧

顧みるかえりみるto look back on (the past)

Example sentences

顧みられぬ無数の漂流者が家を求めてる。

A hundred billion castaways are looking for a home.

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彼女は費用を顧みず家を飾りたてた。

She decorated her house regardless of cost.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項願預頑頂顕頻頃

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