観

See also: 觀

観 U+89B3, 観 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89B3 ← 覲 [U+89B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 覴 → [U+89B4]

Translingual

Traditional	觀
Shinjitai	観
Simplified	观

Glyph origin

Variant of 觀. Simplified from 觀 (雚 → 𮥶). Compare 権.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

観 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土月山山 (OGBUU), composition ⿰𮥶見)

Related characters

• 権 歓 勧

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1137, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34955
• Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3674, character 8
• Unihan data for U+89B3

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 観 – see 觀 (“to observe; to watch; to view; to see; to observe closely; to scrutinise; to investigate; etc.”). (This character, 観, is a variant form of 觀.)

Japanese

Shinjitai	観
Kyūjitai	觀

Kanji

観

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 觀)

1. see, observe, view
2. appearance

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: みる (miru, 観る); しめす (shimesu)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀／观 (kwan, “look”).

Noun

観(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. look, appearance
2. sight
3. (Buddhism) observation meditation

Suffix

観(かん) • (-kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. outlook on …; view of …

Compounds

• 観音(かんのん) (Kannon)
• 観念(かんねん) (kannen)
• 観察(かんさつ) (kansatsu)
• 観賞(かんしょう) (kanshō)