Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
eye; eyeball
Common noun
eyesight; sight; vision
Common noun
look; stare; gaze; glance
Common noun
notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
Common noun
an experience
Common noun
viewpoint
Common noun
discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
Common noun
(an) appearance
Common noun
chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
Common noun
spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
Common noun
grain (of wood, paper)
Common noun
eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
Common noun
intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
Common noun
dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
Common noun
graduation; division (of a scale)
Common noun
tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
Suffix
ordinal number suffix
Word usually written using kana alone; Suffix; After adjective stem
somewhat; -ish
Suffix; After -masu stem of verb
point (e.g. of change)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose
immediate; imminent; around the corner
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on
to go toward; to head for
to be conspicuous; to stand out
Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
cannot; must not; not allowed
Common noun; Go (game)
neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
Word usually written using kana alone; Interjection
no!; stop!
serious; earnest; sober; grave
honest; sincere
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on
to watch intently; to stare; to gaze; to watch (and see what happens); to follow
appearance; look
goal; target; aim; objective
mark; sign; landmark
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Mnemonic Stories
If you rotate this kanji 90 degrees and round out the corners, you can see an eye - the outer perimeter frame the whites of the eye, while the middle rectangle forms the pupil.
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