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看 = 手 + 目

看 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “watch over”. It is built from 手 (hand) and 目 (eye). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 688.

Keyword
watch over
RTK frame
688
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
み.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
наблюдать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
看 look

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 手 hand
  2. 目 eye

How to find 看 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “eye”. 看 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 看 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.