9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

looking askance

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

Main Radical

(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

inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think
looking right and left or all about
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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