ChiramiN5 kanji · 7 strokes
見 means see
見
目 eye · 儿 legs
見Real origin
A big eye (目) on two legs (儿): to see.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- see, hopes, chances, idea
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) みる miru
みる (miru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: みえる mieru, みせる miseru
From Chinese (onyomi) ケン ken
ケン (ken) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
見せる みせる · miseru
to show, to display
Built from
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Used in 8 kanji
目 Used in 136 kanji
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What does 見 mean?
Right: 見 means see.Not quite: 見 means see.In 見せる, which reading does 見 use?
Right. 見せる is read みせる (miseru): 見 takes み, its Japanese reading, with せる after it.Not quite. 見せる is read みせる (miseru): 見 takes み, its Japanese reading, with せる after it.