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Kotomora

視

inspection, regard as, see, look at

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 500Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • シ

Kun'yomi

  • み.る

Nanori

  • とも
  • み

Meaning

視 centers on using the eyes to observe and form a judgment: seeing, looking at, inspecting, or regarding something in a certain way.

Most common words using 視

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  • 視聴しちょう

    looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching

  • 無視むし
    N3

    disregarding; ignoring

  • 監視かんし
    N1

    monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision; lookout

  • 視点してん
    N1

    point of view; viewpoint; angle; perspective

  • 重視じゅうし
    N3

    regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

  • 視線しせん
    N2

    one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

  • 視覚しかく
    N1

    (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

  • 視野しや
    N2

    field of vision; view

  • 視界しかい

    field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

  • 視力しりょく
    N1

    eyesight; vision; visual acuity

  • 警視庁けいしちょう
    N1

    Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)

  • 視察しさつ
    N1

    inspection; observation

  • 透視とうし

    seeing through

  • 軽視けいし
    N1

    making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt; disdain

  • 直視ちょくし
    N1

    taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes

  • 警視けいし

    police superintendent

  • 凝視ぎょうし

    stare; gaze; fixation

  • 巡視じゅんし

    inspection tour

  • 近視きんし
    N1

    myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

  • 検視けんし

    examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed

  • 視聴率しちょうりつ
    N1

    ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate

  • 視聴者しちょうしゃ

    viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)

  • 重要視じゅうようし

    regarding highly; attaching importance to

  • 巨視的きょしてき
    N1

    macroscopic

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Etymology

視 combines 示 (altar, show) with 見 (see), suggesting the act of looking at something displayed or inspecting it carefully.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 示 suggests something shown or displayed, and the right side 見 is an eye on legs. Picture someone inspecting a displayed object with a careful eye.

Reading mnemonic

For シ, imagine she inspecting a scene: she -> シ, and she looks at everything closely.