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看 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「目」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「目」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
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Meaning
to watch over; look after

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

手 "hand" over 目 "eye"; shading the eyes with the hand to look — hence "to watch over."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan看護かんご看破かんぱ看板かんばん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 看護かんご

    nursing

  • 看板かんばん

    signboard

More words with this kanji

  • 看做すみなす

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

店(みせ)の看板(かんばん)が新(あたら)しくなった。

The shop's signboard has been renewed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

看板看護看板board護to pro…目eye直straig…盲blind盻to gla…眄to loo…干to dry巻to rol…簡simple甘sweet甲armour
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 目Map of reading カンAll maps

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