# 觀

| 觀 | U+89C0, &#35264; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89C0 |
| ← 覿 [U+89BF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 见 → [U+89C1] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 觀 |
| Shinjitai | 観 |
| Simplified | 观 |

### Han character

觀 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 廿土月山山 (TGBUU), four-corner 4621$_0$, composition ⿰雚見)

#### Derived characters

* 欟, 𢦉

#### Descendants

* 観, 观

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 觀
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 觀 | *koːn, *koːns |
| 灌 | *koːns |
| 鸛 | *koːns |
| 瓘 | *koːns |
| 矔 | *koːns, *kroːns |
| 懽 | *koːns, *qʰoːn |
| 爟 | *koːns |
| 雚 | *koːns |
| 罐 | *koːns |
| 鑵 | *koːns |
| 歡 | *qʰoːn |
| 驩 | *qʰoːn |
| 貛 | *qʰoːn |
| 酄 | *qʰoːn |
| 獾 | *qʰoːn |
| 讙 | *qʰoːn, *qʰon |
| 嚾 | *qʰoːns |
| 權 | *ɡron |
| 顴 | *ɡron |
| 孉 | *ɡron |
| 蠸 | *ɡron |
| 虇 | *kʰonʔ, *kʰons |
| 勸 | *kʰons |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːn, *koːns) : phonetic 雚 (OC *koːns) + semantic 見 (“see”).

### Etymology

“To watch; to observe” (Pronunciation 1) > “watchtower; platform; temple” (Pronunciation 2).
Schuessler (2007) connects it with 侯 (OC *ɡoː, “target”) and 候 (OC *ɡoːs, “to watch; to be on the lookout for; to wait”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guān (guan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kôn
    (Hailu, HRS): gon$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): guon$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guan$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): guăng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guang$^1$ / guong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guang$^1$ / guêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kuoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gonn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guān
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guan
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^1$
*** Yale: gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gun$^1$
*** Yale: gūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gun$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kᵘɔn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gon$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kon⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: guon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɔn⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koan
*** Tâi-lô: kuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kuan³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guang$^1$ / guêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuang / kueng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ³³/, /kueŋ³³/
* guang1 - Shantou;
* guêng1 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: kwan
Rime :
| Character | 觀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古丸切 |
| Baxter | kwan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwan/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷˤar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 觀 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwan › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.qʷˁar/ |
| English | look (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 觀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4476 |
| Phonetic component | 雚 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 官 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːn/ |

#### Definitions

觀
* to observe; to watch; to view; to see
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 7th – 4th centuries BCE
    Yǔ ruò guān huǒ, yǔ yì zhuōmóu zuò nǎi yì. [Pinyin]
    I [see you as clearly] as one sees a fire; but I, likewise, by my undecided plans, have produced your error.
* to observe closely; to scrutinise; to investigate
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
    Zǐ yuē: “Fù zài, guān qí zhì; fù mò, guān qí xíng; sān nián wú gǎi yú fù zhī dào, kěwèi xiào yǐ.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, "While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial."
* to read; to peruse
* to display; to show
* to visit; to go sightseeing
* to play; to enjoy
* appearance; looks
* sight; view; perspective
* concept; outlook
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 視, 見, 看 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 看, 瞧, 瞅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 看, 瞧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 看 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 看, 望 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 看, 𧢭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 看, 睄, 瞄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 看, 望 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 看, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 看, 望, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 看, 望 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 望 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 望 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 望 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 看, 睇, 瞄 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 看 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 瞭, 瞫 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 看, 相, 望 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 看 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看, 睞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 看 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 看 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 看 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 看, 睇 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 看 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 看 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 看 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Changting | 䀴, 望 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 看, 望 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 看 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 看 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 看 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 看 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 看 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 看 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 看 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 看, 望 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 看, 瞭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 䁐 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看, 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 望 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 看 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 看, 睇 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 看 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 看 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 䁐, 𥆑 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 望 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 望 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 看 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 看 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 䁐 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 望, 覷 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 睇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 睇 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 睇 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 睇 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 睇 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 睇 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Baisha) | 望 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 看 |
| Wu | Danyang | 看, 望 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 看, 相 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眙, 張 |
| Wu | Lishui | 望 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 望 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 看 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 看, 相 |

#### Compounds

* 一心三觀 / 一心三观
* 七觀 / 七观
* 三觀 / 三观 (sānguān)
* 不樂觀 / 不乐观
* 不淨觀 / 不净观
* 不雅觀 / 不雅观
* 世界觀 / 世界观 (shìjièguān)
* 中觀 / 中观
* 中觀派 / 中观派
* 中觀論 / 中观论
* 主觀 / 主观 (zhǔguān)
* 主觀主義 / 主观主义 (zhǔguān zhǔyì)
* 五停心觀 / 五停心观
* 人文景觀 / 人文景观 (rénwén jǐngguān)
* 人生觀 / 人生观 (rénshēngguān)
* 今古奇觀 / 今古奇观
* 以觀後效 / 以观后效
* 仰觀 / 仰观 (yǎngguān)
* 仰觀俯察 / 仰观俯察
* 作壁上觀 / 作壁上观 (zuòbìshàngguān)
* 作如是觀 / 作如是观 (zuò rú shì guān)
* 侏儒觀戰 / 侏儒观战
* 俯觀 / 俯观
* 傍觀 / 傍观 (pángguān)
* 傳觀 / 传观
* 價值觀 / 价值观 (jiàzhíguān)
* 價值觀念 / 价值观念
* 內觀 / 内观
* 兩極觀點 / 两极观点
* 公聽並觀 / 公听并观
* 六觀 / 六观
* 冷眼旁觀 / 冷眼旁观 (lěngyǎnpángguān)
* 劉姥姥進大觀園 / 刘姥姥进大观园 (Liúlǎolǎo jìn dàguānyuán)
* 千手千眼觀音 / 千手千眼观音 (Qiān Shǒu Qiān Yǎn Guānyīn)
* 厭世觀 / 厌世观 (yànshìguān)
* 參觀 / 参观 (cānguān)
* 反觀 / 反观 (fǎnguān)
* 古文觀止 / 古文观止 (Gǔwén Guānzhǐ)
* 可觀 / 可观 (kěguān)
* 唯物史觀 / 唯物史观 (wéiwù shǐguān)
* 嘆為觀止 / 叹为观止 (tànwéiguānzhǐ)
* 圍觀 / 围观 (wéiguān)
* 地域觀念 / 地域观念
* 地理景觀 / 地理景观
* 坐井觀天 / 坐井观天 (zuòjǐngguāntiān)
* 坐山觀虎鬥 / 坐山观虎斗 (zuòshānguānhǔdòu)
* 坐觀成敗 / 坐观成败
* 壁上觀 / 壁上观 (bìshàngguān)
* 壯觀 / 壮观 (zhuàngguān)
* 外觀 / 外观 (wàiguān)
* 大有可觀 / 大有可观
* 大觀 / 大观 (dàguān)
* 大觀園 / 大观园
* 大觀帖 / 大观帖
* 大雅可觀 / 大雅可观
* 天體觀測 / 天体观测
* 奇觀 / 奇观 (qíguān)
* 女性觀點 / 女性观点
* 宇宙觀 / 宇宙观 (yǔzhòuguān)
* 宏偉壯觀 / 宏伟壮观
* 宏觀 / 宏观 (hóngguān)
* 定步觀瞻 / 定步观瞻
* 客觀 / 客观 (kèguān)
* 客觀主義 / 客观主义 (kèguān zhǔyì)
* 容觀 / 容观
* 察言觀色 / 察言观色 (cháyánguānsè)
* 察顏觀色 / 察颜观色 (cháyánguānsè)
* 少年觀護所 / 少年观护所
* 悲觀 / 悲观 (bēiguān)
* 悲觀主義 / 悲观主义 (bēiguānzhǔyì)
* 拭目以觀 / 拭目以观
* 拭目而觀 / 拭目而观
* 掌上觀紋 / 掌上观纹
* 摩訶止觀 / 摩诃止观
* 改觀 / 改观 (gǎiguān)
* 旁觀 / 旁观 (pángguān)
* 旁觀者 / 旁观者 (pángguānzhě)
* 旁觀者審，當局者迷 / 旁观者审，当局者迷
* 旁觀者清 / 旁观者清
* 旁觀袖手 / 旁观袖手
* 日觀峰 / 日观峰 (Rìguānfēng)
* 明若觀火 / 明若观火 (míngruòguānhuǒ)
* 景觀 / 景观 (jǐngguān)
* 有礙觀瞻 / 有碍观瞻 (yǒu'àiguānzhān)
* 有靈觀 / 有灵观
* 束手旁觀 / 束手旁观
* 東觀西望 / 东观西望 (dōngguānxīwàng)
* 概觀 / 概观
* 樂觀 / 乐观 (lèguān)
* 樂觀主義 / 乐观主义 (lèguān zhǔyì)
* 樂觀其成 / 乐观其成 (lèguānqíchéng)
* 樂觀進取 / 乐观进取 (lèguān jìnqǔ)
* 歎為觀止 / 叹为观止 (tànwéiguānzhǐ)
* 止觀 / 止观 (zhǐguān)
* 歷史觀 / 历史观 (lìshǐguān)
* 比量齊觀 / 比量齐观
* 民生史觀 / 民生史观
* 水月觀音 / 水月观音
* 洞如觀火 / 洞如观火 (dòngrúguānhuǒ)
* 洋洋大觀 / 洋洋大观 (yángyángdàguān)
* 洞若觀火 / 洞若观火 (dòngruòguānhuǒ)
* 活觀音 / 活观音
* 海寧觀潮 / 海宁观潮
* 海洋觀測 / 海洋观测
* 澄觀 / 澄观
* 留置觀察 / 留置观察
* 當局稱迷，傍觀必審 / 当局称迷，傍观必审
* 當局者迷，傍觀者清 / 当局者迷，傍观者清 (dāngjúzhě mí, pángguānzhě qīng)
* 當局者迷，旁觀者清 / 当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāngjúzhě mí, pángguānzhě qīng)
* 白衣觀音 / 白衣观音
* 直觀 / 直观 (zhíguān)
* 省俗觀風 / 省俗观风
* 省方觀俗 / 省方观俗
* 省方觀民 / 省方观民
* 相機觀變 / 相机观变
* 眼觀六路，耳聽八方 / 眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng)
* 眼觀四處，耳聽八方 / 眼观四处，耳听八方 (yǎn guān sìchù, ěr tīng bāfāng)
* 矮人觀場 / 矮人观场 (ǎirénguānchǎng)
* 矮子觀場 / 矮子观场
* 神觀 / 神观
* 秦觀 / 秦观
* 窮神觀化 / 穷神观化
* 等量齊觀 / 等量齐观
* 粲然可觀 / 粲然可观
* 經濟史觀 / 经济史观
* 綜觀 / 综观 (zōngguān)
* 縮手旁觀 / 缩手旁观
* 縱觀 / 纵观 (zòngguān)
* 美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
* 聽其言而觀其行 / 听其言而观其行
* 自然景觀 / 自然景观
* 舉鼎觀畫 / 举鼎观画
* 舊觀 / 旧观 (jiùguān)
* 蔚為大觀 / 蔚为大观 (wèiwéidàguān)
* 蔚為奇觀 / 蔚为奇观 (wèiwéiqíguān)
* 蟻觀 / 蚁观
* 袖手旁觀 / 袖手旁观 (xiùshǒupángguān)
* 觀世音 / 观世音 (Guānshìyīn)
* 觀世音菩薩 / 观世音菩萨 (Guānshìyīn Púsà)
* 觀光 / 观光 (guānguāng)
* 觀光事業 / 观光事业
* 觀光勝地 / 观光胜地
* 觀光團 / 观光团 (guānguāngtuán)
* 觀光夜市 / 观光夜市
* 觀光客 / 观光客 (guānguāngkè)
* 觀光局 / 观光局
* 觀光旅館 / 观光旅馆
* 觀光果園 / 观光果园
* 觀光節 / 观光节
* 觀光簽證 / 观光签证
* 觀光週 / 观光周
* 觀光遊憩性資源 / 观光游憩性资源
* 觀兵 / 观兵
* 觀劇鏡 / 观剧镜 (guānjùjìng)
* 觀察 / 观察 (guānchá)
* 觀察使 / 观察使
* 觀察員 / 观察员
* 觀察家 / 观察家
* 觀察所 / 观察所
* 觀察法 / 观察法
* 觀審制度 / 观审制度
* 觀局 / 观局
* 觀形察色 / 观形察色
* 觀往知來 / 观往知来
* 觀念 / 观念 (guānniàn)
* 觀念形態 / 观念形态 (guānniàn xíngtài)
* 觀感 / 观感 (guāngǎn)
* 觀想念佛 / 观想念佛
* 觀戰 / 观战 (guānzhàn)
* 觀採 / 观采
* 觀摩 / 观摩 (guānmó)
* 觀摩會 / 观摩会
* 觀政 / 观政
* 觀星 / 观星 (guānxīng)
* 觀書 / 观书 (guānshū)
* 觀望 / 观望 (guānwàng)
* 觀望成敗 / 观望成败
* 觀棋不語真君子 / 观棋不语真君子
* 觀機而動 / 观机而动
* 觀款 / 观款
* 觀止 / 观止 (guānzhǐ)
* 觀海 / 观海
* 觀測 / 观测 (guāncè)
* 觀測站 / 观测站
* 觀火 / 观火
* 觀無量壽經 / 观无量寿经
* 觀照 / 观照 (guānzhào)
* 觀獵 / 观猎
* 觀看 / 观看 (guānkàn)
* 觀省 / 观省
* 觀眉說眼 / 观眉说眼
* 觀眾 / 观众 (guānzhòng)
* 觀瞻 / 观瞻 (guānzhān)
* 觀神色 / 观神色
* 觀禮 / 观礼 (guānlǐ)
* 觀絕 / 观绝
* 觀美 / 观美
* 觀翫 / 观玩
* 觀者如堵 / 观者如堵
* 觀者如市 / 观者如市
* 觀者如織 / 观者如织
* 觀者如雲 / 观者如云
* 觀者蝟集 / 观者猬集
* 觀者雲集 / 观者云集
* 觀自在 / 观自在
* 觀自在菩薩 / 观自在菩萨 (Guānzìzài Púsà)
* 觀臺 / 观台
* 觀色 / 观色
* 觀葉植物 / 观叶植物
* 觀行 / 观行
* 觀見 / 观见
* 觀覷 / 观觑 (guānqù)
* 觀覽 / 观览 (guānlǎn)
* 觀護 / 观护
* 觀護人 / 观护人
* 觀護制度 / 观护制度
* 觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng)
* 觀象臺 / 观象台 (guānxiàngtái)
* 觀貌察色 / 观貌察色
* 觀賞 / 观赏 (guānshǎng)
* 觀賞植物 / 观赏植物
* 觀賞辣椒 / 观赏辣椒
* 觀賞魚 / 观赏鱼 (guānshǎngyú)
* 觀賽 / 观赛
* 觀過知仁 / 观过知仁
* 觀釁 / 观衅
* 觀釁伺隙 / 观衅伺隙
* 觀釁而動 / 观衅而动
* 觀音 / 观音 (Guānyīn)
* 觀音佛祖 / 观音佛祖
* 觀音兜 / 观音兜
* 觀音土 / 观音土 (guānyīntǔ)
* 觀音壋 / 观音垱 (Guānyīndàng)
* 觀音大士 / 观音大士 (Guānyīn Dàshì)
* 觀音媽 / 观音妈
* 觀音山 / 观音山
* 觀音山轎子 / 观音山轿子
* 觀音座蓮 / 观音座莲
* 觀音庵 / 观音庵
* 觀音柳 / 观音柳
* 觀音棕竹 / 观音棕竹
* 觀音法會 / 观音法会
* 觀音竹 / 观音竹 (guānyīnzhú)
* 觀音粉 / 观音粉
* 觀音素 / 观音素
* 觀音經 / 观音经
* 觀音草 / 观音草
* 觀音菩薩 / 观音菩萨 (Guānyīn Púsà)
* 觀音蓮 / 观音莲
* 觀音誕 / 观音诞 (Guānyīndàn)
* 觀風 / 观风
* 觀風問俗 / 观风问俗
* 觀風色 / 观风色
* 觀點 / 观点 (guāndiǎn)
* 觀鼎 / 观鼎
* 近觀 / 近观
* 通觀 / 通观 (tōngguān)
* 通觀全局 / 通观全局
* 道德觀 / 道德观
* 達觀 / 达观 (dáguān)
* 遍觀 / 遍观 (biànguān)
* 遊觀 / 游观
* 遲回觀望 / 迟回观望
* 鋪觀 / 铺观
* 鐵觀音 / 铁观音 (tiěguānyīn)
* 陪觀員 / 陪观员
* 隔山觀虎鬥 / 隔山观虎斗
* 隔岸觀火 / 隔岸观火 (gé'ànguānhuǒ)
* 雅觀 / 雅观 (yǎguān)
* 靜觀 / 静观
* 靜觀其變 / 静观其变 (jìngguānqíbiàn)
* 革命人生觀 / 革命人生观
* 頗為可觀 / 颇为可观
* 飛觀 / 飞观
* 魚籃觀音 / 鱼篮观音
* 鵝觀草 / 鹅观草

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guàn (guan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gun$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): guan$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): guáng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gua$^4$ / guaⁿ$^4$ / guang$^4$ / guong$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koàn / kòaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guang$^3$ / guêng$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kuoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gonn$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guàn
*** Wade–Giles: kuan$^4$
*** Yale: gwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guann
*** Palladius: гуань (guanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gun$^3$
*** Yale: gun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gun$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuːn³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: guan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guáng
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɑŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gua$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kua⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guaⁿ$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kũã⁴²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuaŋ⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: guong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuoŋ⁴²/
* gua4/guaⁿ4 - vernacular;
* guang4/guong4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kwanH
Rime :
| Character | 觀 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古玩切 |
| Baxter | kwanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwan$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷˤar-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 觀 | 觀 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guàn | guàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwan$^H$ › | ‹ kwan$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.qʷˁar-s/ | /*C.qʷˁar-s/ |
| English | watchtower | 榮觀 imperial palace; walls and watchtowers |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 觀 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4477 |
| Phonetic component | 雚 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 貫 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːns/ |

#### Definitions

觀
* (historical) watchtower on either side of a palace gate
* (historical) platform; stage; dais; rostrum
* (Taoism) Taoist temple
* 20th hexagram of the I Ching
* 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

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 観 |
| Kyūjitai | 觀 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 観)
* Kyūjitai form of 観 (to see, observe; appearance)

#### Readings

* Go-on: かん (kan)
* Kan-on: かん (kan)
* Kun: みる (miru, 觀る)

## Korean
### Etymology
#### “to see; etc.”

    From Middle Chinese 觀 (MC kwan). Recorded as Middle Korean 관 (kwan)$^訓$ (Yale: kwan) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

#### “Taoist temple”

    From Middle Chinese 觀 (MC kwanH). Recorded as Middle Korean 관〮 (kwán)$^訓$ (Yale: kwán) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kwa̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [관]

### Hanja

Wikisource 觀 (eumhun 볼 관 (bol gwan))
* hanja form of 관 (“to see; to observe; to view”)
* hanja form of 관 (“appearance; looks”)
* hanja form of 관 (“sight; view; perspective”)
* hanja form of 관 (“Taoist temple”)

#### Compounds

* 객관 (客觀, gaekgwan)
* 경관 (京觀, Gyeonggwan)
* 관광 (觀光, gwan'gwang)
* 관념 (觀念, gwannyeom)
* 관람 (觀覽, gwallam)
* 관상 (觀相, gwansang, “physiognomy”)
* 관점 (觀點, gwanjeom)
* 관찰 (觀察, gwanchal)
* 관철 (觀徹, gwancheol, “foreseeing”)
* 관측 (觀測, gwancheuk)
* 낙관 (樂觀, nakgwan)
* 도관 (道觀, dogwan)
* 비관 (悲觀, bigwan)
* 외관 (外觀, oegwan)
* 주관 (主觀, jugwan)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

觀: Hán Nôm readings: quan, quán
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