視
視 — Inspection
inspection, regard as, see, look at
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiみる (miru)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 視
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 視聴率 | しちょうりつ shichouritsu | ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life) |
Study notes
視 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #362 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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