EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out

    ビキニスタイルの美少女は浜辺では目を見張らすものだった。
    The pretty girl in the bikini was an eye-opener on the beach.
  2. to open (one's eyes) wide

    see 目を見張る

Also written 見はる【みはる】瞠る【みはる】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

Kun
み.るみ.えるみ.せる
On
ケン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
22 of 2500
Radical
see
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
5c2.1The Kanji Dictionary
6021.0Four corner code
3957deroo
898bUnicode hex code
1-24-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4284Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5522New Nelson (John Haig)
2544New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3151Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1615Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2201Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
57Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
61Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
48A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
518Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
23Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34796Morohashi
18A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67sakade
84Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
31henshall3
62Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
20crowley
139Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
1643Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
57Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian4, xian4Pinyin reading
gyeon, hyeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Kun
は.る-は.り-ば.り
On
チョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
403 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

はりわり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3h8.1The Kanji Dictionary
1123.2Four corner code
3565deroo
5f35Unicode hex code
1-36-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1570Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1694New Nelson (John Haig)
474New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
573Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
348Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1921Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2071Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
462A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1879Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
681Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9812Morohashi
752A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1106Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
675sakade
516Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
775henshall3
744Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1185Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
612Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1940Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhang1Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level