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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]

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

Note:
  • guang1 - Shantou;
  • guêng1 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
    • 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
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 䀴
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 䀴
    Huizhou Jixi 看
    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
    Haifeng 睇
    Haikou 望
    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.
    Note:
    • guang3 - Shantou;
    • guêng3 - Chaozhou.
    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

    Shinjitai

    		観

    Kyūjitai

    		觀

    KanjiEdit

    觀

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 観)

    1. Kyūjitai form of 観 (to see, observe; appearance)

    ReadingsEdit

    • On (unclassified): かん (kan)
    • Kun: みる (miru, 觀る)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    觀 (eumhun 볼 관 (bol gwan))

    1. see, observe, view
    2. appearance

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    觀 (quan, quán)

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