觀 (guān)
to look at; view; concept; point of view
How 觀 is written
- Strokes
- 25
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 觀
- Simplified
- 观
Components
- 艹 grass
- 吅 N/A
- 隹 small bird
- 見 see
觀 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- guàn
- surname Guan
- guān
- to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold
Common words using 觀
- 參觀 cānguān
- to look around; to tour; to visit
- 圍觀 wéiguān
- to stand in a circle and watch
- 樂觀 lèguān
- optimistic; hopeful
- 觀察 guānchá
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- 觀念 guānniàn
- notion; thought; concept
- 觀看 guānkàn
- to watch; to view
- 觀眾 guānzhòng
- spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
- 觀音 guānyīn
- Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
- 觀點 guāndiǎn
- point of view; viewpoint; standpoint
- 世界觀 shìjièguān
- worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung
- 主觀 zhǔguān
- subjective
- 價值觀 jiàzhíguān
- system of values
觀 in a sentence
每個人的價值觀都不一樣。
Měi ge rén de jiàzhíguān dōu bù yíyàng.
“Everyone's values are different.”
How common is 觀?
觀 is the 334th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 67% of all running text.
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