Japanese symbol for “apparently”
一見
いっけん
Romaji: ikken
look; glimpse; glance
In Japanese, apparently is 一見, read いっけん (ikken).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs look; glimpse; glance
- adv apparently; seemingly; at first glance; on the face of it
- n, vi, vs first meeting
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “apparently”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| どうやら | どうやら douyara | possibly; apparently; (seem) likely |
| 思しき | おぼしき oboshiki | seeming (to be); appearing; apparently |
| 見たところ | みたところ mitatokoro | judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it |
| とさ | とさ tosa | apparently; from what I have heard; they say |
| 思しい | おぼしい oboshii | seeming (to be); appearing; apparently |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 見る | みる miru | to see; to look; to watch |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection; finding |
See also: Chinese symbol for “apparently”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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