Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 傍聴 【ボウチョウ】 listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.), attending (without participating), sitting in (e.g. on a meeting), observing
  • 脇見 【ワキミ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 路傍 【ロボウ】 roadside
  • 道傍 【ドウボウ】 side of the road, roadside

Kun reading compounds

  • 傍ら 【かたわら】 side, edge, beside, besides, nearby, while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
  • 傍らに 【かたわらに】 beside, nearby
  • 脇役 【わきやく】 supporting role (actor), minor role
  • 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 側から 【そばから】 as soon as, right after
  • お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bang4, bang1
Korean:
bang, paeng

Spanish

  • vecindad
  • cercanía

Portuguese

  • espectador
  • além disso
  • enquanto
  • muito próximo
  • 3ª pessoa

French

  • observateur
  • spectateur
  • à côté
  • en outre
  • pendant que
  • tout près
  • les autres
1815 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1689 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1406 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1062 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1429 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1024 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
948 Morohashi
147 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
286 New Nelson (John Haig)
1015 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1090 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1506 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2145 2001 Kanji
2a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-43-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
508d Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
see
Parts:
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
22 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 見 【ケン】 view (of life, etc.), outlook
  • 見解 【ケンカイ】 opinion, point of view
  • 後見 【コウケン】 guardianship, guardian, (theatrical) assistant, prompter
  • 政見 【セイケン】 political views

Kun reading compounds

  • 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...
  • 見る見る 【みるみる】 very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes
  • 見える 【みえる】 to be seen, to be visible, to be in sight, to look, to seem, to appear, to come
  • 見える化 【みえるか】 visualization, rendering visible (e.g. a problem), digitization
  • 見せる 【みせる】 to show, to display, to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ..., to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining, to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others, to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4, xian4
Korean:
gyeon, hyeon

Spanish

  • vista
  • ver
  • esperanza
  • idea
  • opinión
  • observar
  • ser visto
  • estar a la vista
  • poder verse
  • mostrar

Portuguese

  • ver
  • esperanças
  • oportunidades
  • idéia
  • opinião
  • olhar
  • visíveis

French

  • regarder
  • voir
  • visible
  • espoirs
  • chances
  • idée
  • opinion
67 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
18 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
48 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
23 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
84 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
518 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
63 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1643 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3151 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1615 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
57 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34796 Morohashi
2544 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5522 New Nelson (John Haig)
57 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
61 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
20 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
62 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
5c2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-24-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
898b Unicode hex code