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 (艹 → 𠂉 and 吅 → 一). Compare 権.

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

Han character

観 (radical 147, 見+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土月山山 (OGBUU), composition ⿰⿱𠂉⿻一隹見 or ⿰𮥶見)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1137, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀 (kwan, “look”)

Suffix

観 (hiragana かん, rōmaji -kan)

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

Compounds
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