百聞は一見にしかず ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず Also written 百聞は一見に如かず Meanings Expression seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words Kanji 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク. 聞 hear. Read as ブン. 一 one. Read as イチ. 見 view. Read as ケン. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists