Hanja Analyzer
視

視 — si

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
볼 시
Romanization
si
English
look at, inspect, observe, see
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
シ, ジ
Japanese kun'yomi
み.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#362 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
示 (113, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+8996

Parts that make up 視

  • 礻 보일 시, 땅 귀신 기variant of 示 제물을 올린 제단제사와 신, 하늘이 내리는 일. 왼쪽에서 礻 로 쓴다
  • 見 볼 견, 뵈올 현 사람 위에 얹힌 눈보고 나타나는 일

How 視 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 視 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 示, 見.

Korean example words with 視

  • 소시所視 Korean gloss: 남이 보는 바
  • 냉시冷視 Korean gloss: 차가운 눈으로 봄
  • 시계視界 Korean gloss: 시력이 미치는 범위
  • 착시錯視 Korean gloss: 시각적인 착각 현상
  • 가시可視 Korean gloss: 눈으로 볼 수 있는 것
  • 환시環視 Korean gloss: 많은 사람이 둘러서서 봄
  • 멸시蔑視 Korean gloss: 업신여기거나 하찮게 여겨 깔봄
  • 감시監視 Korean gloss: 단속하기 위하여 주의 깊게 살핌
  • 거시巨視 Korean gloss: 어떤 대상을 전체적으로 크게 봄
  • 천시賤視 Korean gloss: 업신여겨 낮게 보거나 천하게 여김
  • 응시凝視 Korean gloss: 눈길을 모아 한 곳을 똑바로 바라봄
  • 맹시盲視 Korean gloss: 사물을 보되 그것을 인지하지 못하는 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 視

  • 監視かんし monitoring; watching; observation
  • 警視庁けいしちょう Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo)
  • 視点してん point of view; viewpoint; angle
  • 重視じゅうし regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
  • 視野しや field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life)
  • 視聴率しちょうりつ ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
  • 視察しさつ inspection; observation
  • 視聴者しちょうしゃ viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership
  • 視線しせん one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking)
  • 視覚しかく (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
  • 警視けいし police superintendent
  • 視力しりょく eyesight; vision; visual acuity

Other hanja read “시”

Other hanja with radical 示

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