見 See

Radical Combination

• 見

  See

Meaning

Primary

See

Mnemonic

The radical see and the kanji see are exactly the same!

Hints

Make sure you study your radicals. If you do, you'll know a lot of kanji as well, almost magically.

Readings

On’yomi

けん

Kun’yomi

み

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You see something. It's walking towards you, but you need to see better. When the person comes close, you realize, "That person is me (み)!"

Hints

The struggling-to-see bit is pretty important — make sure that you slowly see a little better as the person comes closer, but it's difficult the whole time (struggles are good for memory). Then, it starts to become more and more clear, and you start saying, "That can't be me. No way it's me..." When the person comes up to you (the person also being you) you learn about parallel universes and other fabulous things. Still, the whole time you can't stop thinking, "This person looks just like me... No, this person is me!"