Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
見 see
- Meaning
- see
- On reading
- ケン
- Kun reading
- み(る)
Memory hook
目 (eye) sitting on a pair of legs: an eye on legs, walking round looking at things. ケン in compounds, み(る) on its own.
Words that use 見
見る
みる
to see
見せる
みせる
to show
How to write 見
Stroke order · 7 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
- 1. Vertical.
- 2. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 3 to 5. Horizontal.
- 6. The sweep down to the left.
- 7. Vertical, then turn across to the right, ending in a hook.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
見 is taught on day 24 of the kanji course, alongside 行 来, with two writing passes and a short quiz.