KEN mi (see,look,show)

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Character Etymology:

A pictograph of an eye standing on bent legs. The latter a stylized pictograph of a person kneeling, presumably to stare at something.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KEN GEN
kun-yomi: mi(ru) mi(eru) mi(seru)

English Definitions:

1. KEN, GEN: hopes, chances; ideas, opinion.
2. mi(ru): see, look at, witness, observe; regard as; sightsee; look through; [examine; consult (a lexicon); tell (one's future); estimate; care for; try, test.
3. mi(eru): see; be seen; look like; seem, appear; come; show up; be found.
4. mi(seru): show; display; pretend.
5. mami(eru): see, be presented to; have an audience with.
6. mi(sebirakasu): display, flaunt, parade.
7. mi(sehime): object lesson, warning, example.
8. mi(ttomonai): indecent, unbecoming, scandalous; unsightly, ugly.
9. mi(e): ostentation.
10. mi(tekure): appearance.

Unicode Encoded Version:

見

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

見方 (mikata): viewpoint, way of looking.
見本 (mihon): sample, pattern, specimen, copy, model, example.
見物 (mimono): sight, spectacle, attraction.
見世物 (misemono): circus, show.
見積書 (mitsuomorisho): written estimate.

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