Onyomi: カン · Kunyomi: しめ.す, み.る · Meanings: appearance, condition, look, outlook, view
Kanji for appearance, condition, look, outlook, view
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観 is made from 見, meaning “to see,” and 觀 (simplified as the top part), which originally showed something being observed from above. The image is of looking carefully at something to understand it fully. From this idea, 観 came to mean observing, watching, or viewing with attention and thought.
観 shows seeing something carefully to understand it fully.
Picture yourself looking closely at a beautiful scene, taking it all in. That careful viewing is 観.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 観 | かん | look, appearance | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 観客 | かんきゃく | spectator, audience | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 観光 | かんこう | sightseeing, tourism | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 見る | みる | to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 見せる | みせる | to show, to display | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 観念 | かんねん | idea, notion, concept, conception | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 観測 | かんそく | observation, survey, measurement | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 観察 | かんさつ | observation, survey, watching | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 観点 | かんてん | point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, perspective, angle | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 観衆 | かんしゅう | spectators, onlookers, members of the audience | common JLPT-N1 Noun |