見

音読おんよみ: ケン

訓読くんよみ:・みえる・みせる

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部首ぶしゅ: 見(みる)

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
  • 見物けんぶつ — sightseeing
  • 見学けんがく — inspection / study visit
  • 拝見はいけん — humble form of “見る” (to look)
  • 偏見へんけん — prejudice / biased view
  • 予見よけん — prior view / prediction
Compound - tap to expand
  • 見下みおろす — to look down on; to overlook
  • 見直みなおす — to look again; to revise; to reconsider
  • 見抜みぬく — to see through; to discern
  • 見守みまもる — to watch over; to keep an eye on
  • 見渡みわたす — to look over; to survey

“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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