Translingual

Han character

観 (radical 147 見+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土月山山 (OGBUU))

Related characters

• 権

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

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀 ‎(kwan, “look”)

Suffix

観 ‎(hiragana かん, romaji -kan)

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

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 觀)

1. see, observe, view
2. appearance

Readings

• Goon: かん (kan)
• Kan’on: かん (kan)
• Kun: みる (観る, miru), しめす (shimesu)

Compounds

• 観音 (かんのん) ‎(Kannon)
• 観念 (かんねん) ‎(kannen)