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觀
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观
🇨🇳
観
🇯🇵

observe

HSK 10 N2
Society →Religion
guān
カン
み.る、しめ.す
관
Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (觀)
見 see+ 雚 small =
觀 observe
見 Meaning component
see
雚 Phonetic component
guàn small
a heron
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Simplified (观)
见 observe+ 又 again =
观 observe
见 Meaning component
jiàn observe
see, observe, behold
又 Simplified component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 觀.
Japanese (観)
見 see =
観 observe
𮥶
𮥶
見
見
see
Notes
Similar Characters
峴 steep (trad)現 present (trad/jp)硯 inkstone (trad)莧 green (trad)靦 face to face (trad)規 regulations (trad/jp)覓 try to find (trad)視 inspect (trad/jp)覘 spy (trad)覡 wizard (trad)覦 desire (trad)親 relatives (trad/jp)覬 long (trad)覲 have (trad)覷 peep at (trad)覺 senses (trad)覽 view (trad)靚 make (trad)勸 advise (trad)懽 happy
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
观
Regular
Modern
Chinese
观 / 觀 [Guàn]
surname Guan
观 / 觀 [guān]
to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook
观 / 觀 [guàn]
Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
Japanese
観 かん 同音

noun

  1. look; appearance
  2. spectacle; sight
  3. Buddhism observation meditation

n-suf

  1. outlook on ...; view of ...
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
これがアメリカ人から見た日本観です。
This is Japan as Americans see it.
Japanese Names
観 あきら
Akira given name
観 かん
Kan surnamegiven name
観 かんさき
Kansaki surname
観 けん
Ken surname
観 のぞむ
Nozomu male given name
観 みる
Miru female given name
CHINESE WORDS (140)
观众 [guān​zhòng] #1,168
spectators
观察 [guān​chá] #2,039
to observe
观点 [guān​diǎn] #2,470
point of view
观看 [guān​kàn] #3,660
to watch
观念 [guān​niàn] #7,167
notion
参观 [cān​guān] #4,147
to look around
乐观 [lè​guān] #4,341
optimistic
客观 [kè​guān] #8,103
objective
景观 [jǐng​guān] #15,784
landscape
外观 [wài​guān] #21,008
exterior appearance
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 見る [みる] #36
to see
⭐ 見せる [みせる] #203
to show
⭐ 観察 [かんさつ] #2,027
observation
見に行く [みにいく] #2,833
to go to see
⭐ 観念 [かんねん] #4,404
idea
見に来る [みにくる] #4,752
to come to see
⭐ 観客 [かんきゃく] #4,942
spectator
⭐ 直感 [ちょっかん] #5,407
intuition
⭐ 価値観 [かちかん] #6,131
sense of values
⭐ 客観的 [きゃっかんてき] #6,609
objective
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KOREAN WORDS (26)
경관 #9,067
scenery; landscape
장관 #21,111
spectacle
관찰 #26,418
observation; examination
관객 #41,389
audience; concertgoer; theatergoer; moviegoer
관측 #43,117
observation
가관
sight; being ridiculous
강박 관념
obsession
객관
objectivity; being objective
객관성
objectivity
관광
tourism
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