11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N1

eyeball

Kun'yomi
  • eye ②pupil and (dark) iris of the eye ③insight ④look
  • eye ②eyesight ③ordinal number suffix ④somewhat
On'yomi
  • eye ②insight ③gist ④hole
  • ゲン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

54.1%
ガン 45.7%
まなこ 0.2%
ゲン 0.0%

Character Breakdown

eyeball
め ガン まなこ (5th, N1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

(one's) consideration ②within the eye
before one's eyes
clairvoyance ②clairvoyant
a sight for sore eyes
naked eye ②the physical eye
enlightenment ②reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.) ③gaining eyesight ④filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture
the mind's eye
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References

Unicode hex code 773C
JIS X 0208 1-20-67
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3140
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3935
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1172
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1504
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 796
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1084
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1467
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1577
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1127
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1637
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 674
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23318
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 640
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 848
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 867
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 754
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1561
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 669
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 725
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 976
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1387
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1479
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c6.1
Four corner code 6703.2
De Roo Code 3965