眺 means “gaze, look out at”

ながめる · nagameru

Also: stare, watch, look at, see

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ながめる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

An eye (目) beside 兆, the cracks of an omen: picture staring far out the way a diviner peers into cracks for signs. 眺める is to gaze at, 眺め is a view, and hotels advertise rooms with 眺望抜群, a superb view.

Used in 眺める (nagameru, to gaze at), 眺め (nagame, view), and 眺望 (choubou, view/vista)

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• 匂 smell
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• 聴 listen
• 芳 fragrant

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.