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1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 看 has 9 strokes and concerns looking or watching over someone.
• Basic usage: 看板 is read かんばん, and 看病 is read かんびょう.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A signboard and caring for someone
  • 新しい看板を掛けた means hung a new signboard.
  • Calling a dish 店の看板 means it is the establishment's signature dish.
  • 弟を母が看病した means the mother nursed the younger brother. 看病 concerns caring for someone who is ill.