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U+89C0, 觀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89C0
覿
[U+89BF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+89C1]

Translingual

More information Traditional, Shinjitai ...

Han character

(Kangxi radical 147, +18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月山山 (TGBUU), four-corner 46210, composition )

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1138, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34993
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1605, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3677, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+89C0
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 觀, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːn, *koːns): phonetic (OC *koːns) + semantic (see).

Etymology

“To watch; to observe” (Pronunciation 1) > “watchtower; platform; temple” (Pronunciation 2).

Schuessler (2007) connects it with (OC *ɡoː, “target”) and (OC *ɡoːs, “to watch; to be on the lookout for; to wait”).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • guang1 - Shantou;
  • guêng1 - Chaozhou.

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Definitions

  1. to observe; to watch; to view; to see
  2. to observe closely; to scrutinise; to investigate
  3. to read; to peruse
  4. to display; to show
  5. to visit; to go sightseeing
  6. to play; to enjoy
  7. appearance; looks
  8. sight; view; perspective
  9. concept; outlook
  10. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • gua4/guann4 - vernacular;
  • guang4/guong4 - literary.

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Definitions

  1. (historical) watchtower on either side of a palace gate
  2. (historical) platform; stage; dais; rostrum
  3. (Taoism) Taoist temple
  4. 20th hexagram of the I Ching
  5. a surname

Compounds

  • 三清觀 / 三清观 (Sānqīngguàn)
  • 三清道觀 / 三清道观
  • 京觀 / 京观 (jīngguàn)
  • 列觀 / 列观
  • 宮觀 / 宫观
  • 庵觀 / 庵观
  • 東觀 / 东观
  • 東觀之殃 / 东观之殃
  • 榮觀 / 荣观
  • 白虎觀 / 白虎观
  • 白雲觀 / 白云观
  • 知觀 / 知观
  • 觀主 / 观主
  • 觀宇 / 观宇
  • 貞觀 / 贞观 (Zhēnguàn)
  • 貞觀之治 / 贞观之治
  • 貞觀政要 / 贞观政要
  • 道觀 / 道观 (dàoguàn)
  • 青羊觀 / 青羊观
  • 鼻觀 / 鼻观
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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of (to see, observe; appearance)

Readings

  • Go-on: かん (kan)くわん (kwan, historical)
  • Kan-on: かん (kan)くわん (kwan, historical)
  • Kun: みる (miru, 觀る)

Korean

Etymology

“to see; etc.”
From Middle Chinese (MC kwan). Recorded as Middle Korean (kwan) (Yale: kwan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
“Taoist temple”
From Middle Chinese (MC kwanH). Recorded as Middle Korean 관〮 (kwán) (Yale: kwán) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun (bol gwan))

  1. hanja form? of (to see; to observe; to view)
  2. hanja form? of (appearance; looks)
  3. hanja form? of (sight; view; perspective)
  4. hanja form? of (Taoist temple)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quan, quán

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