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看

watch over
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingみ.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. watch overRtK
  2. see
  1. to look after (often medically)
  2. to take care of

Popular Usage

看護婦看板看病看護

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hand (手) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 688

Compound words

看護婦かんごふ
(female) nurse
看板かんばん
signboard; sign; billboard; hoarding; doorplate
看病かんびょう
nursing (a patient)
看護かんご
nursing; (army) nurse
看るみる
to look after (often medically); to take care of
看過かんか
overlooking; turning a blind eye
看守かんしゅ
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
看護師かんごし
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
看貫かんかん
weighing
看客かんかく
spectators
看破かんぱ
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies)
看護学かんごがく
(study of) nursing
看護士かんごし
(male) nurse
看護卒かんごそつ
army nurse
看護長かんごちょう
chief nurse (in the army)
看守者かんしゅしゃ
jailer
看板娘かんばんむすめ
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
看做すみなす
to regard (as)
一枚看板いちまいかんばん
leading player
看護疲れかんごつかれ
nursing fatigue
看護婦長かんごふちょう
head nurse
看病疲れかんびょうづかれ
nursing fatigue
看護婦学院かんごふがくいん
nurses' training school
看護婦養成所かんごふようせいじょ
nurses' training school

Additional Examples

彼は病人を寝ずに看病した。
He watched with the patient.tatoeba
彼は眼鏡をはずして看護婦に向かってしかめ面をした。
He took off his glasses and frowned at the nurse.tatoeba
彼の娘は看護婦です。
His daughter is a nurse.tatoeba
また看板落語家の相次ぐ他界もあった。
Household names died one after another.wiki
花子一座を立ち上げ、看板女優となる。
She started on Hanako troupe and became its marquee player.wiki

Stroke Order

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