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)

Derived characters

  • 𣠤

References

  • 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

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

Shinjitai

観

Kyūjitai

觀

Kanji

観

(Fourth grade 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

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