Japanese symbol for “sight”
視覚
しかく
Romaji: shikaku
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
In Japanese, sight is 視覚, read しかく (shikaku).
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 (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sight”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 風景 | ふうけい fuukei | scenery; scene; landscape |
| 光景 | こうけい koukei | scene; spectacle; sight |
| 照準 | しょうじゅん shoujun | sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment |
| 一覧 | いちらん ichiran | look; glance; sight |
| 図 | ず zu | sight; scene |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 無視 | むし mushi | disregarding; ignoring |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 感覚 | かんかく kankaku | sense; sensation; feeling |
| 覚え | おぼえ oboe | memory; sense; experience |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sight”.
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.