Memory phrase for the Kanji: 視

視

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Meaning see, look at, watch, observe

Pronunciation

SHI
miru

Explanation

Left: show/altar 示 (Sacrifice 一 on an altar 丁, with supports 八), right: see 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around.)

Mnemonic
 
Things on the altar are seen: they are looked at / watched.

Radicals

礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
見 to seeThe wandering eye 目 on legs 儿 means to see.
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 Vocabulary

遠視眼 えんしがん  farsightedness, hypermetropy
無視 むし  disregard, ignore
監視 かんし  observation, guarding, inspection, surveillance
視察 しさつ  inspection, observation
視点 してん  opinion, point of view, visual point
視覚 しかく  sense of sight, vision
視野 しや  field of vision, outlook
近視 きんし  shortsightedness
重視 じゅうし  importance, serious consideration, stress

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