視
視·look at, regard, inspect
- On-yomi
- シ
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 視点 | してん | point of view |
| 重視 | じゅうし | attaching importance |
| 無視 | むし | ignoring |
| 視力 | しりょく | eyesight |
| 監視 | かんし | monitoring, surveillance |
| 視野 | しや | field of vision, outlook |
Example sentences
問題を別の視点から考えてみよう。
もんだいをべつのしてんからかんがえてみよう。
Let's think about the problem from a different point of view.
彼は私の忠告を無視した。
かれはわたしのちゅうこくをむしした。
He ignored my advice.
最近、視力が落ちてきたので眼鏡を作った。
さいきん、しりょくがおちてきたのでめがねをつくった。
My eyesight has been getting worse lately, so I got glasses.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- 視 uses the altar radical 礻 (four strokes), not the clothing radical 衤 (five strokes).
- 重視 (attach importance) and 軽視 (make light of) are opposites; 無視 (ignore) is different again.
Memory aid
Picture it
Altar 礻 plus see 見: looking closely at the altar, that is, regarding something attentively.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 視察しさつinspection tour, observation
- 監視かんしsurveillance, monitoring
- 注視ちゅうしclose observation
- 凝視ぎょうしstaring, gazing
- 直視ちょくしlooking straight at, facing squarely
- 蔑視べっしcontempt, looking down on
- 敵視てきしregarding as an enemy
- 問題視もんだいしregarding as a problem
- 軽視けいしmaking light of, neglecting
- 度外視どがいしdisregarding
- 視点してんpoint of view; viewpoint; perspective; visual focus point
- 視野しやfield of vision; range of view; outlook; perspective
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