見栄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
見	栄
み Grade: 1	え Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spellings
見榮 (kyūjitai) 見得

Etymology

Stem form (連用形) of the verb 見える (“to be seen, to seem”). The character 栄 is ateji.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みえ [mìéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [mʲie̞]

Noun

見(み)栄(え) • (mie)

vanity, ostentation

Derived terms

見(み)栄(え)っ張(ぱ)り (mieppari)

References

“見^△栄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025