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
- —子安観音guardian Avalokitesvara of children and childbirth (bodhisattva)
- —一心三観simultaneous contemplation of the threefold truth (form of Tendai meditation)
- —観光立県making a prefecture a travel destination; tourism-promoting prefecture
- —観光立国making a country a world destination; making a country a top international tourist destination
- —観音菩薩Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
- —貞観地震Sanriku earthquake of 869 CE
- —観護措置placing a minor under protective detention; imposing a care and custody order
- —道徳観念sense of morality; moral sense
- —観光協会tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
- —観念念仏contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)
- —地球観測earth observation (satellite, platform, etc.)
- —日銀短観Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
- —観測結果observation results
- —観測気球weather balloon; sounding balloon; observation balloon; espionage balloon; spy balloon; trial balloon
- —観念形態ideology
- —自然観察nature observation
- —野鳥観察birdwatching; birding
- —観光案内tourist information (brochure, map, center)
- —自虐史観masochistic view of history; self-tormenting historical view
- —経過観察(medical) follow-up; observation