漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
覧: perusal, see
JLPT N117 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
見 carries the meaning · 監 gives the sound
17 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ランran · on'yomi · in compounds
- 要覧ようらんoutline, survey, handbook
- 一覧表いちらんひょうlist, table
- 観覧車かんらんしゃFerris wheel
- 展覧会てんらんかいexhibition
- 博覧会はくらんかいfair, exhibition, exposition
- 一覧するいちらんするtake a glance, look over
- 回覧するかいらんするcirculate (a magazine, etc.)
- ご覧になるごらんになるlook [hon.]
Also read みる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“I see you clearly! This radical represents the active, conscious act of looking at the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
監
Also built on oversee (監)
The 監 family reads カン (kan); 覧 is read ラン.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side覧 perusal · 監 + 見
vs賢 intelligent · 臤 + 貝In ChineseSimplified 览 · traditional 覽 · lǎn
Three different forms: Japanese 覧, simplified 览, traditional 覽.
- Simplified
- 览 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 覽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǎn 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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