眄

9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

looking askance

Kun'yomi
  • かえりみる
On'yomi
  • ベン
  • メン

Main Radical

目(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

looking askance
ベン　メン　かえり.みる (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
correct, justice, righteous
セイ　ショウ　ただし (1st, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Common Words

う
右
こ
顧
さ
左
べん
眄
inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think
さ
左
こ
顧
う
右
べん
眄
looking right and left or all about
こ
顧
べん
眄
turning around to look (at)
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References

Unicode hex code 7704
JIS X 0208 1-66-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3129
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3913
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23182
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c4.1
Four corner code 6102.7