展
unfold, expand
Readings
On'yomi
- テン
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- のぶ
- のり
- ひろ
- ゆき
Meaning
展 centers on opening something out so it becomes larger or more visible: unfolding a cloth, expanding a plan, or spreading out for display.
Most common words using 展
20 of 107- 展開てんかいN2
development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist
- 展示てんじN1
exhibition; display
- 発展はってんN3
development; growth; expansion; extension; flourishing
- 展てん
exhibition; exhibit
- 進展しんてんN1
progress; development
- 展望てんぼうN1
view; outlook; prospect
- 出展しゅってん
exhibit; display
- 展覧てんらん
exhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
- 個展こてんN1
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
- 画展がてん
exhibition of pictures; painting exhibition; art exhibition
- 伸展しんてん
expansion; extension
- 日展にってん
Japan Fine Arts Exhibition; JFAE; Nitten Exhibition
- 文展ぶんてん
Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
- 展覧会てんらんかいN4
exhibition
- 展示会てんじかい
exhibition
- 美術展びじゅつてん
art exhibition
- 発展途上国はってんとじょうこくN1
developing country
- 展観てんかん
exhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
- 急展開きゅうてんかいN2
rapid development; rapid unfolding
- アート展アートてん
art exhibition
Study
Etymology
展 combines 尸 (a person or body) with a lower component that likely represented clothing or spreading out, suggesting the act of unfolding or stretching something out.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 尸 looks like a person bending over, and the lower part resembles a piece of cloth being spread out. Imagine someone unfolding a large cloth to expand it fully.
Reading mnemonic
For テン, picture unfolding a tent: tent -> テン, and as you spread the fabric, the tent expands.