見 — see, look, visible
みる
見
see
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
7 strokes
action
U+898B
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #22
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #57
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #147
Meanings
- see
- look
- visible
word
み mi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
長い目で見る
慣用句
to look with a long eye
手の内を見せる
慣用句
to show the inside of one's hand
山が見える
慣用句
the mountain can be seen
高みの見物
慣用句
watching the spectacle from a high place
目に物見せる
慣用句
to show something right to the very eyes
見得を切る
慣用句
cut the pose of visible worth
足元を見る
慣用句
look at the ground at one's feet
白い目で見る
慣用句
look with white eyes
人のふり見てわがふり直せ
諺
Watch others' behavior and correct your own
人は見かけによらぬもの
諺
people are a thing not going by appearances
人は見目よりただ心
諺
people are just heart, more than looks
見目より心
諺
the heart more than outward looks
Components
Composed of
め
目
eye
#109
Used as component in (7)
Compound ideograph (会意). 目 (eye) above 儿 (person's legs). A large eye atop a walking figure — a person who goes to see.