視 Kanji – inspection
The Japanese kanji 視 can mean inspection, regard as, see, look at.
Meaning and Readings
How is 視 read?
視 has the onyomi reading シ and the kunyomi reading みる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shi, miru.
Common Japanese Words Using 視
These common Japanese words contain 視. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 監視（かんし） — monitoring, watching, observation, surveillance, guarding, supervision, lookout
- 巨視的（きょしてき） — macroscopic
- 凝視（ぎょうし） — stare, gaze, fixation
- 近視（きんし） — myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness
- 警視（けいし） — police superintendent
- 警視庁（けいしちょう） — Metropolitan Police Department
- 軽視（けいし） — making light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain
- 視界（しかい） — field of vision, visibility, view, visual field, (one's) ken
- 視覚（しかく） — (sense of) sight, eyesight, vision
- 視察（しさつ） — inspection, observation
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