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觀

See also: 観, 观, and 覌
觀 U+89C0, 觀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89C0
← 覿
[U+89BF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 见 →
[U+89C1]

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional 觀
Shinjitai 観
Simplified 观

Han characterEdit

觀 (radical 147, 見+18, 25 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月山山 (TGBUU), four-corner 46210, composition ⿰雚見)

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1138, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34993
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1605, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3677, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+89C0

ChineseEdit

trad. 觀
simp. 观
variant forms 観
覌

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (雚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觀 *koːn, *koːns
灌 *koːns
鸛 *koːns
瓘 *koːns
矔 *koːns, *kroːns
懽 *koːns, *qʰoːn
爟 *koːns
雚 *koːns
罐 *koːns
鑵 *koːns
歡 *qʰoːn
驩 *qʰoːn
貛 *qʰoːn
酄 *qʰoːn
獾 *qʰoːn
讙 *qʰoːn, *qʰon
嚾 *qʰoːns
權 *ɡron
顴 *ɡron
孉 *ɡron
蠸 *ɡron
虇 *kʰonʔ, *kʰons
勸 *kʰons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koːn, *koːns): phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 見 (“see”).

EtymologyEdit

“To watch; to observe” (Pronunciation 1) > “watchtower; platform; temple” (Pronunciation 2).

Schuessler (2007) connects it with 侯 (OC *ɡoː, “target”) and 候 (OC *ɡoːs, “to watch; to be on the lookout for; to wait”).

Pronunciation 1Edit

Rime
Character 觀
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古丸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwan/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑn/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guān
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 觀
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwan ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qʷˁar/
English look (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 觀
Reading # 1/2
No. 4476
Phonetic
component 		雚
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		官
Old
Chinese 		/*koːn/

DefinitionsEdit

觀

  1. to observe; to watch; to view; to see
  2. to observe closely; to scrutinise; to investigate
  3. to read; to peruse
  4. to display; to show
  5. to visit; to go sightseeing
  6. to play; to enjoy
  7. appearance; looks
  8. sight; view; perspective
  9. concept; outlook
  10. A surname​.
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 視
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 看
Mandarin Beijing 看、瞧、瞅
Taiwan 看
Jinan 看
Xi'an 看
Wuhan 看、睄、瞄
Chengdu 看、𧢭
Yangzhou 看、望
Hefei 看、望
Cantonese Guangzhou 睇、望
Hong Kong 睇、望
Taishan 睇、望
Yangjiang 看、睇、瞄
Gan Nanchang 看、相
Hakka Meixian 看、睞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 看
Liudui (S. Sixian) 看
Hsinchu (Hailu) 看
Dongshi (Dabu) 看
Zhuolan (Raoping) 䀴
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 䀴
Jin Taiyuan 看、瞭
Min Bei Jian'ou 覷
Min Dong Fuzhou 看、覷
Min Nan Xiamen 看
Quanzhou 看
Zhangzhou 看
Taipei 看
Chaozhou 睇
Shantou 睇
Wu Shanghai 看
Suzhou 看、望
Wenzhou 眙、張
Xiang Changsha 看
Shuangfeng 看、相

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 觀

Pronunciation 2Edit

Note:
  • koàn - literary;
  • kòaⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 觀
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古玩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwanH/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guàn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 觀
Reading # 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwanH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qʷˁar-s/
English watchtower

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 觀
Reading # 2/2
No. 4477
Phonetic
component 		雚
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		貫
Old
Chinese 		/*koːns/

DefinitionsEdit

觀

  1. (historical) watchtower on either side of a palace gate
  2. (historical) platform; stage; dais; rostrum
  3. (Taoism) Taoist temple
  4. 20th hexagram of the I Ching
  5. A surname​.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 觀

JapaneseEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

觀 • (gwan)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 관 (revised: gwan, McCune–Reischauer: kwan, Yale: kwan)
    • Name (hangeul): 볼
  1. see, observe, view
  2. appearance

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

觀 (quan, quán)

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