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Japanese symbol for “assess”

Romaji: miru
to see; to look; to watch; to view

In Japanese, assess is , read (miru).

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

  1. v1, vt to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  2. v1, vt to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  3. v1, vt to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  4. v1, vt to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
  5. aux-v, v1 to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
  6. aux-v, v1 to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

see, hopes, chances
on: ケン
kun: み.る、み.える、み.せる
7 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “assess”

WordReadingMeaning
おもう omouto judge; to assess; to regard
みとめる mitomeruto deem; to judge; to assess
わりふる warifuruto assign; to allot; to divide among
そうする sousuruto assess (often one's fate)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
いけん ikenopinion; view; comment
みえる mieruto be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
みかけ mikakeoutward appearance
かいけん kaikeninterview; audience; meeting

See also: Chinese symbol for “assess”.

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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