Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 6 freq #1060

watch over, see

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

eye me

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(female) nurse
nursing; (army) nurse
signboard; sign
nursing (a patient)
overlooking; turning a blind eye
(female) assistant nurse; practical nurse
prison guard; warder
sign out in front; front (for someone)
leading player; prima donna
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

standing signboard; billboard
(female) private nurse; patient attendant
to look after (often medically); to take care of

Example sentences

Later, the nurse told me she had done her best to make me well.

I want to be a doctor or a nurse or a teacher.

We got her to attend to the patient.

The members of the family nursed the patient by turns.