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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

22 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Kunyomi: み.る, み.える, み.せる

Onyomi: ケン

見

Radical

Radical: 見

Reading: みる

Meaning: see

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

見学する(けんがくする)   study, take a research trip

発見する(はっけんする)   discover

拝見する(はいけんする)   take a look at [hum.]

意見(いけん)   opinion

偏見(へんけん)   prejudice

見る(みる)   see

見つかる(みつかる)   be found [v.i.]

見つける(みつける)   find [v.t.]

見える(みえる)   be seen, seem

見せる(みせる)   show

花見(はなみ)   cherry-blossom viewing

Onyomi Examples

見 (ケン) view (of life, etc.), outlook

見解 (ケンカイ) opinion, point of view

後見 (コウケン) guardianship, guardian, (theatrical) assistant, prompter

政見 (セイケン) political views

Kunyomi Examples

見る (みる) to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...

見る見る (みるみる) very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes

見える (みえる) to be seen, to be visible, to be in sight, to look, to seem, to appear, to come

見える化 (みえるか) visualization, rendering visible (e.g. a problem), digitization

見せる (みせる) to show, to display, to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ..., to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining, to have (something) looked at (by a specialist), to have (an antique, etc.) appraised, to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor), to take (someone) to a doctor, to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others, to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...

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