Memory phrase for the character: 覧


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Meaning

observe, perusal (=check a document), exhibition, watch

Pronunciation

RAN

Explanation

Top: retainer 臣 (watchful eye), horizontal person , one 一, bottom: to see, watch 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around)

Mnemonic


 
(A 'peeping Tom' (voyeur) is observing a bed scene:) His watchful eyes see a lying person and a second one underneath with his eyes when he is observing carefully.

Radicals

to seeThe wandering eye 目 on legs 儿 means to see.
lying personIs understood as a flat version of: 人 - Other radicals with 'person' are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫
retainer, tributary, vasalPicture of an eye wide open; representing the attentiveness of a retainer.




 Vocabulary

閲覧者 えつらんしゃ  reader, (website) visitor
回覧 かいらん  circulation
展覧会 てんらんかい  exhibition
御覧 ごらん  (hon) look, inspection, try
観覧 かんらん  viewing
閲覧 えつらん  inspection, reading


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