The kanji 眺: meaning, readings and stroke order

眺

Meaning: gaze, look out over
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: なが（める） nagameru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngắm nhìn (thiếu)
Japanese: とおくをながめる。
Korean: 바라보다 (조)
Chinese: 眺望、远眺

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading · less common

眺ちょう望ぼう
view (from a high place)
山の上は 眺ちょう望ぼうがよいです。
The view from the top of the mountain is great.

なが（める） nagameru · kun reading

眺ながめる
to gaze at, to look out at
まどから海を 眺ながめます。
I look out at the sea from the window.

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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.