Kanji1 / 18
観 kanji
outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
カン
Kun readings
みるしめす
Variant forms
觀Words with 観
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —拱手傍観stand idly by and watch
- —袖手傍観looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker
- —観光バーtourist bar; gay bar catering mainly to straight people
- —馬頭観音Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)
- —客観主義objectivism
- —悲観論者pessimist
- —唯物史観historical materialism
- —定点観測fixed point observation
- —観光産業tourism industry; tourist industry
- —観光資源tourist attractions
- —観光施設tourist facilities
- —観光都市tourist city
- —観音開きdouble doors (opening from the centre); double-opening from the centre (of doors, casement windows, etc.); filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
- —観賞植物ornamental plants
- —気象観測weather observation
- —南極観測Antarctic exploration
- —強迫観念obsession; compulsive idea
- —千手観音thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
- —経済観念sense of economy
- —天体観測astronomical observation; stargazing