Chinese Character Wiki
观

guān, guàn

observe

Simplified form of 觀. Phonosemantic compound. 见 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components
见 meaning component

见  Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn

  

see

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 觀.

Evolution

观 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
观 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
观 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
观 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
观 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
观 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

观 (觀) 

guān

see, observe, view; appearance; to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook

观 (觀) 

Guàn

surname Guan

观 (觀) 

guàn

Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform

Most common words with 观
Freq.
Word
Meaning

观众

spectators

观察

to observe

观点

point of view

观

to look at

观看

to watch

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 55.9987% of movies

689th most common character in movies

334th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

觀

Unicode

U+89C2


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