眼 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「目」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「目」
- On
- ガンがん · gan
- Kun
- まなこmanako
- Meaning
- eye; eyeball; insight
Stroke order
Origin
目 "eye" plus 艮 "to stare"; the eyeball fixed on something — hence "eye, insight."
Readings and examples
| Onガンがんgan | 眼球がんきゅう眼力がんりき主眼しゅがん |
|---|---|
| Onゲンげんgen | 開眼かいがん |
| Kunまなこmanako | 眼めどんぐり眼どんぐりまなこ血眼ちまなこ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 眼科がんか
ophthalmology; eye clinic
- 肉眼にくがん
the naked eye
- 隻眼せきがん
- 裸眼らがん
- 慧眼けいがん
- 炯眼けいがん
- 眼瞼がんけん
- 眼窩がんか
Example
母は眼科へ行った。
My mother went to the eye clinic.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)