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視

inspection
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingみ.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. inspectionRtK
  2. regard as
  3. see
  4. look at
  1. field of vision
  2. visibility
  3. view
  4. visual field
  5. (one's) ken

Popular Usage

重視監視近視

Radicals and components

Radical見see
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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altar (示) · see · telescope · eye (目) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1174

Compound words

重視じゅうし
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
凝視ぎょうし
stare; gaze; fixation
視するしする
重視するじゅうしする
to regard
無視するむしする
to disregard
監視かんし
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding
近視きんし
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
警視けいし
police superintendent
軽視けいし
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing
視界しかい
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
視覚しかく
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
視察しさつ
inspection; observation
視線しせん
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze
視聴しちょう
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
視点してん
point of view; viewpoint; angle; perspective; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
視野しや
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
視力しりょく
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
巡視じゅんし
inspection tour
直視ちょくし
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
透視とうし
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
無視むし
disregarding; ignoring
検視けんし
examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed; investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)
巨視的きょしてき
macroscopic; comprehensive; all-including; broad
警視庁けいしちょう
Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

On Reading Examples

年齢を重ねるにつれ、だんだん遠視になってきている。えんし
I'm getting farsighted as I get older.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は法律を構わず無視する。
He has a disregard for the law.tatoeba
彼は父親の忠告を無視した。
He ignored his father's advice.tatoeba
彼は父の忠告を軽視しがちである。
He is inclined to make light of his father's advice.tatoeba
彼は費用を度外視した。
He left cost out of account.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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