漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
眺: stare, watch
Also: look at, see, scrutinize
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
目 carries the meaning · 兆 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 眺望ちょうぼうview; vista; panorama
ながめるnagameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 眺めながめscene; view; prospect
- 眺めるながめるto look at; to gaze at; to watch
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)目 eye (meaning) + 兆 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 眺 (rev. 90521000), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Eye (目) + omen/sign (兆). To use your "eyes" to "stare" intensely at the far horizon as if searching for a distant "sign" or an important omen.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兆
Also built on portent (兆)
眺 takes the 兆 family's reading, チョウ (chou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side眺 stare · 目
vs桃 peach · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tiào
Same form: 眺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 眺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 眺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tiào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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