看 — kanji meaning “watch over”
看
watch over, see
- Meanings
- watch over, see
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- み.る
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1060 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 109
- Chinese reading
- kàn, kān — Chinese character page
Words with 看
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看護 | かんご kango | nursing; (army) nurse |
| 看板 | かんばん kanban | signboard; sign; billboard |
| 看病 | かんびょう kanbyou | nursing (a patient) |
| 看守 | かんしゅ kanshu | prison guard; warder; jailer |
| 看過 | かんか kanka | overlooking; turning a blind eye |
| 看護婦 | かんごふ kangofu | (female) nurse |
| 看板娘 | かんばんむすめ kanbanmusume | pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop |
| 看る | みる miru | to look after (often medically); to take care of |
| 表看板 | おもてかんばん omotekanban | sign out in front; front (for someone) |
| 看破 | かんぱ kanpa | seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating |
| 看取り | みとり mitori | nursing; caring for the sick |
| 看取る | みとる mitoru | to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.