百聞は一見にしかず
百聞は一見に如かず
Reading
Kana:
ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
Romaji:
hyakubunhaikkennishikazu
Definition
1
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
Kanji
Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも
Meaning: hundred
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ごと.し
Meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal