JMdict: 2138600
百聞は一見にしかず 【ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず】
- [exp] seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
Kanji in this word:
Kanji | Meanings | On Readings | Kun Readings | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|
百 | Hundred | ヒャク, ビャク | もも | 1 |
聞 | Hear, Ask, Listen | ブン, モン | き.く, き.こえる | 2 |
一 | One, One Radical (no.1) | イチ, イツ | ひと-, ひと.つ | 1 |
見 | See, Hopes, Chances, Idea, Opinion, Look At, Visible | ケン | み.る, み.える, み.せる | 1 |