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U+89C0, 觀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89C0
覿
[U+89BF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+89C1]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

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

Descendants

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad.
simp.
variant forms

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*koːn, *koːns
*koːns
*koːns
*koːns
*koːns, *kroːns
*koːns, *qʰoːn
*koːns
*koːns
*koːns
*koːns
*qʰoːn
*qʰoːn
*qʰoːn
*qʰoːn
*qʰoːn
*qʰoːn, *qʰon
*qʰoːns
*ɡron
*ɡron
*ɡron
*ɡron
*kʰonʔ, *kʰons
*kʰons

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

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • guang1 - Shantou;
  • guêng1 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2
No. 4476
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːn/

Definitions

  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.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“to look”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing , ,
Taiwan
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan , ,
Chengdu , 𧢭
Yangzhou ,
Hefei ,
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Taishan ,
Yangjiang , ,
Gan Nanchang ,
Hakka Meixian ,
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan ,
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou ,
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Chaozhou
Shantou
Haifeng
Haikou
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou ,
Wenzhou ,
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng ,

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • koàn - literary;
  • kòaⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • guang3 - Shantou;
  • guêng3 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (62)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 2/2
No. 4477
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*koːns/

Definitions

  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.

Compounds


Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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

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

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (bol gwan))

  1. see, observe, view
  2. appearance

Vietnamese

Han character

(quan, quán)

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