review, inspection, revision
On'yomi (音読み)
- エツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- けみ.する
About this kanji
The kanji 閲 has primary meanings related to review, inspection, or revision. It is often used as a noun, but can also be found in some verbs. Common compounds include 閲覧 (えつらん), which means inspection or viewing, 検閲 (けんえつ), referring to censorship, and 校閲 (こうえつ), meaning revision or proofreading. In addition, 観閲 (かんえつ) is used for troop inspection, and 閲読 (えつどく) means reading or examination of texts. A usage note is that you’ll often see this kanji in formal contexts, especially when discussing the review of documents or information.
Example sentences
文書を閲覧する。
To review the documents.
Meanings across languages
- English
- review, inspection, revision
- Tiếng Việt
- xem xét, kiểm tra, sửa đổi
- 日本語
- 閲覧, 検査, 修正
- 한국어
- 검토, 검사, 수정
- 中文
- 阅, 检查, 修订
- id
- tinjauan
- th
- การตรวจสอบ
- es
- revisión
- fr
- révision
- de
- Überprüfung
- pt
- revisão
Common compounds
- 閲覧えつらんinspection, reading, perusal
- 検閲けんえつcensorship, inspection, examination
- 校閲こうえつrevision, proofreading
- 観閲かんえつinspection (of troops)
- 閲読えつどくreading, perusal
- 閲兵えっぺいparade, review (of troops)
- 閲歴えつれきcareer
- 査閲さえつinspection, examination
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