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顧

Review
Stroke count: 21

Readings

On readingコ
Kun readingかえり.みる
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 40

Verbs with «顧»

顧みる

Meanings

  1. review
  2. look backRtK
  3. regard
  1. to look back on (the past)
  2. to reflect on
  3. to reminisce about
  4. to look behind (at)
  5. to turn round (and look)

Popular Usage

顧みる

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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employ · door (戸) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · flag (方) · turkey · head (首) · page · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1165

Compound words

顧みるかえりみる
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look)
回顧かいこ
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
顧問こもん
adviser; advisor; consultant; counselor; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher)
顧客こきゃく
customer; client; patron
回顧録かいころく
memoirs; reminiscences
顧客満足こきゃくまんぞく
customer satisfaction
愛顧あいこ
patronage
一顧いっこ
slightest notice
恩顧おんこ
favour
顧るかえりみる
to look back on (the past)
顧慮こりょ
concern
顧眄こべん
turning around to look (at)
眷顧けんこ
favor
右顧左眄うこさべん
inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think
軍事顧問ぐんじこもん
military adviser
左顧右眄さこうべん
looking right and left or all about
三顧之礼さんこのれい
showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)
顧客満足度こきゃくまんぞくど
(degree of) customer satisfaction
家庭を顧みないかていをかえりみない
thinking little of one's family

Additional Examples

彼は顧客から大金を騙し取った。
He cheated his clients out of a lot of money.tatoeba
彼は苦労して顧客を獲得した。
He has managed to secure several accounts.tatoeba
彼は会社の顧問弁護士としての生涯を始めた。
He set out on his career as a corporation lawyer.tatoeba
彼はよく自分の高校時代を回顧する。
He often looks back on his high school days.tatoeba
あるいは立ちあるいは座し、手を動かし左右を顧みる。
While standing or sitting, one moves his or her hands to the left and right while looking both ways.wiki

Stroke Order

21 strokes

To look back, consider. 雇 + head 頁 — turning your head back to look.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 顧

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step