見

音読おんよみ: ケン

訓読くんよみ:・みえる・みせる

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: みる(見)

Meaning

See / Look / Show

Conjugation
Tap for 見る (see) Tap for 見せる (show)
  • る — to see / to look
  • 意見いけん — opinion
  • 発見はっけん — discovery
  • 見学けんがく — inspection / study visit
  • 見知みしらぬ — unfamiliar / strange
  • 見直みなおす — to look again / to reconsider

“見” is visually intuitive — it looks like an eye (目) with legs (儿), symbolizing a person walking and seeing. It’s used in many daily expressions such as 見る (see), 見せる (show), and 見える (be visible), as well as compound words like 発見 and 意見.

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