01
看板
かんばん
signboard
Meanings
- watch over
- see
Readings
Onyomi
- カン
Kunyomi
- み.る
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Useful words
02
看護師
かんごし
nurse
03
看病
かんびょう
nursing a patient
04
看る
みる
to look after
05
看守
かんしゅ
prison guard
06
看破
かんぱ
seeing through
Compare Kanji
01見Meaning90%see, hopesWatching in 看 rests on the simpler seeing gesture of 見.02観Meaning86%outlook, look観 turns seeing into observation, not far from the attentive watching of 看.03目Component84%eye, classThe eye 目 sits under the hand in 看, making the visual action explicit.04眼Meaning76%eyeball眼 brings the body-part eye, a concrete support for the watching meaning.05手Component72%handThe hand at the top of 看 is unusual, so 手 helps learners notice the stack.06監Meaning68%oversee, officialSupervising in 監 turns into a more official version of watching closely.