眼
eyeball
11 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 1527.
Readings
- ガン (on reading): 眼科 (がんか) ophthalmology; 主眼 (しゅがん) main purpose
- め (kun reading): 眼鏡 (メガネ) glasses; 眼鏡橋 (めがねばし) arched bridge
- ゲン (on reading): 天眼 (てんげん) the heavenly eye; 法眼 (ほうげん) the dharma eye
- まなこ (kun reading): 血眼 (ちまなこ) bloodshot eyes; どんぐり眼 (どんぐりまなこ) goggle-eyes
- Read as a whole word: 丸眼鏡 (まるめがね) round frame glasses; 鼻眼鏡 (はなめがね) pince-nez (glasses); 色眼鏡 (いろめがね) coloured glasses
Components
Words using 眼
- 眼科 (がんか) ophthalmology
- 主眼 (しゅがん) main purpose
- 眼 (がん) eye
- 眼帯 (がんたい) eyepatch
- 肉眼 (にくがん) naked eye
- 眼鏡 (メガネ) glasses
- 眼鏡橋 (めがねばし) arched bridge
- 眼鏡屋 (めがねや) optician
- 眼鏡違い (めがねちがい) misjudgment
- 眼鏡を外す (めがねをはずす) to take off one's glasses
- 天眼 (てんげん) the heavenly eye
- 法眼 (ほうげん) the dharma eye
- 慈眼 (じげん) merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
- 仏眼 (ぶつげん) the Buddha eye
- 天眼通 (てんげんつう) clairvoyance
- 丸眼鏡 (まるめがね) round frame glasses
- 鼻眼鏡 (はなめがね) pince-nez (glasses)
- 色眼鏡 (いろめがね) coloured glasses
- 虫眼鏡 (むしめがね) magnifying glass
- 片眼鏡 (かためがね) monocle
- 血眼 (ちまなこ) bloodshot eyes
- どんぐり眼 (どんぐりまなこ) goggle-eyes
- 寝ぼけ眼 (ねぼけまなこ) sleepy eyes
- 金壺眼 (かなつぼまなこ) goggle-eyes
- 百眼 (ひゃくまなこ) using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period)
- 眼差し (まなざし) (a) look
- 眼裏 (まなうら) back of one's eyes (in which an image or landscape has been metaphorically etched)
256 words in all.