The kanji 看: meaning, readings and stroke order

看

Meaning: watch over, care for
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trông nom, chăm sóc (khán)
Japanese: よくみる。せわをする。
Korean: 돌보다, 지켜보다 (간)
Chinese: 看护、照看

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

看かん護ご
nursing, caring for the sick
看かん護ごの仕事につきたいです。
I want to work as a nurse.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.