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Kanji Detail for 觀 - "view, perspective, show, appearance, hexagram"
觀
- Meaning
觀 means "view, perspective, show, appearance, hexagram."
View - To look over; to observe; to see the sights.
Perspective - A viewpoint; a way of seeing.
Show - To display; to present.
Appearance - A form; an aspect; a condition.
Hexagram - One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing.
Watchtower - A lookout structure.
Taoist temple - A temple of Taoism.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
outlook; look; appearance; condition; view
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
see, observe, view; appearance; hexagram ䷓
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Guan
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To look levelly. Looking at broad, large places is called 觀. Such as 觀潮 (watching the tides), 觀海 (viewing the sea). Also used for the meaning of observation. Such as testing astronomy is called 觀象 (observing celestial phenomena). Investigating folk customs is called 觀風 (observing customs). Also hesitation and indecision is called 觀望 (wait and see). Meaning carefully assessing the situation repeatedly. | What is seen is called 觀. Such as 壯觀 (magnificent sight), 美觀 (beautiful sight). What is shown to people is also called 觀. Such as 儀觀 (deportment), 容觀 (appearance). | Understanding. Such as not letting joy and sorrow affect one is called 達觀 (philosophical acceptance). Today's words 樂觀 (optimism), 悲觀 (pessimism), 主觀 (subjective), 客觀 (objective), etc., all have this meaning. | A building constructed on a terrace is called 觀. Named because one can look out from it. Such as Mount Tai has 日觀 (Sun-viewing Terrace). Han palace names include 平樂觀, 長樂觀, etc. All are places for sightseeing. | Taoist temple. Yin Xi built a grass tower and focused on the supreme Way. Later people named it 觀. Appears in "Biography of Guanyin." Taoist temple names beginning with 觀 started here. What is called "immortals prefer to live in towers."
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