Memory phrase for the Kanji: 視


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Meaning

see, look at, watch, observe

Pronunciation

SHI
miru

Explanation

Left: show/altar (Sacrifice on an altar , with supports ), right: see (= The eye is on legs when looking around.)

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show , which is a pictogram of an altar.
to seeThe wandering eye on legs 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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