観 – outlook, look, appearance

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The kanji 観 means outlook, look, appearance, condition, view. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is み.る、しめ.す (miru, shimesu). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 見 (no. 147).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	み.る	miru
Kun’yomi	しめ.す	shimesu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 見 (Kangxi radical 147). Components: 見・隹・矢・乞.

Words using 観

観かんlook観客かんきゃくspectator観光かんこうsightseeing観察かんさつobservation観測かんそくobservation観念かんねんidea外観がいかんoutward appearance観衆かんしゅうspectators観点かんてんpoint of view観覧かんらんviewing客観きゃっかんobjectivity主観しゅかんsubjectivity楽観らっかんoptimism悲観ひかんpessimism

Example sentences

これがアメリカ人から見た日本観です。

This is Japan as Americans see it.

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観客は彼のホームランに興奮した。

His home run excited the crowd.

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観光ガイドは雇えますか。

Is there a tour guide available?

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Kanji with the same radical

見規視親覚覧覗

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