Wiktionary

観

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

Translingual edit

Traditional 觀
Shinjitai 観
Simplified 观

Glyph origin edit

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

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

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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 edit

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 is a variant form of 觀).

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

観

Kyūjitai

觀

Kanji edit

観

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

  1. see, observe, view
  2. appearance

Readings edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

観(かん) • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?

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

Suffix edit

観(かん) • (-kan) ←くわん (kwan)?

  1. outlook on …; view of …

Compounds edit

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