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Kanji Information Sheet for 見 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 見 (みる) – see
Henshall Mnemonic: bending down to look closely with seeing eye
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #22 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #22 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N5 Words
- 見せる [みせる]
(v1) to show; to display [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見る [みる]
(v1) (1) to see; to watch; (2) (as an auxiliary verb) to try [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
- 見物 [けんぶつ]
(n,vs) sightseeing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見える [みえる]
(v1) to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear [K] [D] [Jisho] - 意見 [いけん]
(n) opinion; view [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見つかる [みつかる]
(v5r) (uk) to be found; to be discovered [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見つける [みつける]
(v1) to be familiar; to discover; to find fault; to detect; to find out; to locate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 拝見 [はいけん]
(n,vs) (hum) (pol) seeing; look at [K] [D] [Jisho] - 花見 [はなみ]
(n,vs) cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 発見 [はっけん]
(n,vs) discovery; detection; finding [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見解 [けんかい]
(n) opinion; point of view [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見事 [みごと]
(adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見送り [みおくり]
(n) seeing one off; farewell; escort [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見当 [けんとう]
(n) be found; aim; mark; estimate; guess; approximation; direction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見舞い [みまい]
(n) enquiry; expression of sympathy; expression of concern [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 見本 [みほん]
(n) sample [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見っともない [みっともない]
(uk) shameful; indecent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見下ろす [みおろす]
(v5s) to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on something [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見学 [けんがく]
(n,vs) inspection; study by observation; field trip [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見掛け [みかけ]
(n) outward appearance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見慣れる [みなれる]
(v1) to become used to seeing; to be familiar with [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見詰める [みつめる]
(v1) (uk) to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見出し [みだし]
(n) heading; caption; subtitle; index [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見上げる [みあげる]
(v1) to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to admire [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見送る [みおくる]
(v5r) (1) to see off; to farewell; (2) to escort; (3) to let pass; to wait and see; (4) to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 見物人 [けんぶつにん]
(n) spectator; sightseer; onlookers [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見分け [みわけ]
(n) distinction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見分ける [みわける]
(v1) (1) to distinguish; to recognize; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually); (2) to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見聞 [けんぶん]
(n,vs) information; observation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 少数意見 [しょうすういけん]
(n) minority opinion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 下見 [したみ]
(n) preview; preliminary inspection; siding (on a house) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見返す [みかえす]
(v5s) to look (stare) back at; to triumph over [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見返り [みかえり]
(n) collateral [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見放す [みはなす]
(v5s) to desert; to abandon; to give up [K] [D] [Jisho] - 人見知り [ひとみしり]
(n) shyness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暑中見舞 [しょちゅうみまい]
summer greeting card [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見本市 [みほんいち]
(n) trade fair [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暑中見舞い [しょちゅうみまい]
summer greeting card [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見え [みえ]
(n) show; display; appearance; vanity; charm; attraction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見え隠れ [みえがくれ]
(n,vs) appearing and disappearing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 政見 [せいけん]
(n) political views [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二見 [ふたみ]
(adj-no) forked (road, river) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見す見す [みすみす]
(adv) (uk) before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見ず知らず [みずしらず]
(adj-no,exp,n) strange [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見縊る [みくびる]
(v5r) to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise [K] [D] [Jisho] - 外見 [がいけん]
(n) outward appearance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見せ掛け [みせかけ]
(n) seeming; pose [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見せ場 [みせば]
(n) highlight scene (of play) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 見た目 [みため]
(n) appearance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 後見 [こうけん]
(n) guardianship; guardian [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.