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Kanji Detail for 観 - "view, outlook, appearance"

観

  • Meaning

    観 means "view, outlook, appearance."

    1. View - To look; to observe.

    2. Outlook - A perspective; a viewpoint.

    3. Appearance - The way something looks.

  • Words using 観

    • 観光 かんこう Listen sightseeing; tourism
    • 観測 かんそく Listen observation; survey; measurement
    • 観客 かんきゃく Listen spectator; audience
    • 観点 かんてん Listen point of view; viewpoint; standpoint
    • 価値観 かちかん Listen sense of values; values; value system
    • 悲観 ひかん Listen pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement
    • 観察 かんさつ Listen observation; survey; watching
    • 景観 けいかん Listen scenery

  • Four-character idioms with 観

    • 拱手傍観 きょうしゅぼうかん Listen stand idly by and watch
    • 袖手傍観 しゅうしゅぼうかん Listen looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker

  • Tattoo check: 観

    • Verified meaning: view, outlook, appearance
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, かん, かんさき, けん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 観

    Given names 観(あきら)Listen 観(かん)Listen 観(のぞむ)Listen 観(みる)Listen

    Surnames 観(かんさき)Listen 観(けん)Listen

  • 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

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 觀|观[guan1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miru(み-る) み-る

    shime.su(しめ-す) しめ-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    見 (miru)

  • Related Keywords

    view outlook appearance temple to see perspective observation contemplate inspect landscape sight opinion panorama examine judgment angle

Sentences including 観

  • Kyoto is visited by many tourists.

  • Would you like to take in a movie?

  • From this point of view we should say he was right.

  • I am looking at the matter from a different viewpoint.

  • I saw him run away.

  • You had better not take such a hopeless view of life.

  • Let's look at the problem from a different point of view.

  • We saw the sights of the city this afternoon.

  • We saw the sights of the city this afternoon.

  • The boy observed the birds all day.

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