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Kotomora

眼

eyeball

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ガン
  • ゲン

Kun'yomi

  • まなこ
  • め

Meaning

眼 centers on the physical eyeball, the organ of sight. It is the concrete, anatomical eye rather than abstract vision or viewpoint.

Most common words using 眼

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  • 眼まなこ

    eye; eyeball

  • 眼鏡めがね
    N5

    glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

  • 眼科がんか
    N1

    ophthalmology

  • 眼球がんきゅう
    N1

    eyeball

  • 眼差しまなざし
    N1

    (a) look; gaze

  • 一眼いちがん

    one eye

  • 肉眼にくがん
    N1

    naked eye

  • 眼帯がんたい

    eyepatch; eye bandage

  • 双眼鏡そうがんきょう

    binoculars; field glasses

  • 眼中がんちゅう

    (one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; attention

  • 主眼しゅがん

    main purpose; chief aim; focus

  • 開眼かいがん

    enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth

  • 老眼ろうがん
    N1

    presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness

  • 着眼ちゃくがん

    focusing on; paying attention to

  • 眼前がんぜん

    before one's eyes

  • 裸眼らがん

    bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision

  • 単眼たんがん

    single eye; one eye; single lens

  • 千里眼せんりがん

    clairvoyance; second sight

  • 双眼そうがん

    both eyes; binocular

  • 眼光がんこう

    sparkle of one's eyes

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Etymology

眼 combines 目 (eye) with 艮, which likely contributes the sound. The character specifically denotes the eyeball.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 目 is an eye, and the right side 艮 looks like a round object with a pupil-like dot. Together they form the eyeball.

Reading mnemonic

For ガン, imagine a gun pointed at an eyeball: gun -> ガン, and the eye is the target.