字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

perusal, see

On’yomi ラン
Kun’yomi み.る

Origin

This character combines two parts. The bottom component is 見, which means "see" or "look" and pictures an eye. The top component 監 serves as a sound hint, suggesting how the character should be pronounced, without contributing to the meaning. Together, the character conveys the idea of seeing or looking at something, which is why it means perusal or viewing. The combination of a visual element related to eyes with a phonetic guide created a character suited to describing the act of observing or examining something carefully.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).

覧 17 strokes

Components

  • 監T sound hint top
  • 見 radical bottom

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 一覧 いちらん look; glance
  • 閲覧 えつらん inspection; reading
  • 回覧 かいらん circulation (esp. of documents); sending round
  • 観覧 かんらん viewing
  • ご覧 ごらん (please) try to
  • 遊覧 ゆうらん sightseeing
  • 一覧表 いちらんひょう list; table
  • 展覧会 てんらんかい exhibition

Related kanji

Same radical

Reference

Strokes
17
Kangxi radical
147
Grade
Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#1510 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 1
Unicode
U+089A7