The kanji 覧 generally conveys the idea of "to look," "to view," or "to observe." It suggests a more comprehensive or detailed examination compared to simply "seeing." It implies a careful or thorough inspection of something, often with the intent to understand or assess.

・On-yomi (音読み): ラン (ran) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): みる (miru)

⚫︎ 展覧会 (tenrankai) Translation: Exhibition, exposition. ⚫︎ 閲覧 (etsuran) Translation: Reading, perusal, browsing. ⚫︎ 一覧 (ichiran) Translation: A list, a glance, a summary.

The kanji 覧 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). It combines the phonetic component 監 (kan), which contributes the sound, and the semantic component 見 (mi), which means "to see" or "to look." The original meaning was close to "to observe closely" or "to supervise by looking." Over time, it developed into its current meaning of "to view" or "to look at."