Kanji N1

視: inspection, regard as, see

視 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning inspection, regard as, see, written with 11 strokes. It is read シ (on) and みる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 監視 (かんし, monitoring) and 視点 (してん, point of view).

視

Meanings

  • inspection
  • regard as
  • see
  • look at
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#362 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 視

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 監視かんし

    monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance

    JLPT N1
  • 視点してん

    point of view; viewpoint; angle; perspective

    JLPT N1
  • 重視じゅうし

    regarding as important; attaching importance to

    JLPT N3
  • 視野しや

    field of vision; view

    JLPT N1
  • 視察しさつ

    inspection; observation

    JLPT N1
  • 視覚しかく

    (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

    JLPT N1
  • 無視むし

    disregarding; ignoring

    JLPT N3
  • 近視きんし

    myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.