Kanji 見 — "See"
Here is what 見 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "See" stick.
How it is read
けん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
み.る, み.える, み.せる
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
An Eye with Legs sprouting out — it's staring right at you, trying to See you!
- 目 Eye
This component is an Eye in vertical orientation instead of horizontal. The whites are on top and bottom, and the pupil is in the middle.
- ⼉ Legs
It might look like Slide and Hook combined, but it's actually the shape of a pair of Legs standing coolly.
Words that use 見
12 of 53 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 見える みえる to be visible (v.i.), -- polite verb meaning 来る (くる) --
- 見せる みせる to show (v.t.)
- 見つける みつける to discover, to find (v.t.)
- 見る みる to see, look (v.t.)
- 発見 はっけん discovery, detection, finding
- 見た目 みため outward appearance, looks, what you see
- 見守る みまもる to watch over, to keep watch, to look on
- 意見 いけん opinion, view, idea
- 見事 みごと splendid, magnificent
- 見逃す みのがす to miss, to overlook, to leave at large (v.t.)
- 見つかる みつかる to be found (v.i.), to be discovered
- 見送る みおくる to see off; to escort; to let pass (v.t.)
Want 見 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
