漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
観: outlook, look
Also: appearance, condition, view
JLPT N318 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 雚(sound)
- 見to see(meaning)
見 carries the meaning · 雚 gives the sound
18 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 観点かんてんpoint of view
- 観念かんねんidea, notion
- 景観けいかんscenery
- 外観がいかんappearance, exterior
- 歴史観れきしかんhistorical viewpoint
- 先入観せんにゅうかんpreconception
- 主観的なしゅかんてきなsubjective
- 客観的なきゃっかんてきなobjective [adj.]
- 楽観的ならっかんてきなoptimistic
- 悲観的なひかんてきなpessimistic
- 観光するかんこうするgo sightseeing
- 観察するかんさつするobserve
Also read みる, しめす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)雚 (sound) + 見 see (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 觀 (rev. 91305210), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“I see you clearly! This radical represents the active, conscious act of looking at the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 观 · traditional 觀 · guān
Three different forms: Japanese 観, simplified 观, traditional 觀.
- Simplified
- 观 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 觀 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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