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
- —観閲inspection (of troops)
- —大観broad overview; general survey
- —止観calm abiding and clear observation (Tendai meditation); Tendai
- —道観Taoist temple
- —楼観watchtower
- —貞観Jōgan era (859.4.15-877.4.16)
- —永観Eikan era (983.4.15-985.4.27)
- —観応Kannō era (of the Northern Court) (1350.2.27-1352.9.27); Kan'ō era
- —観仏contemplating Buddha
- —観心introspection
- —観法method of contemplation
- —観瀑waterfall viewing
- —観楓maple-leaf viewing
- —観護watching over
- —事観contemplation of phenomena
- —観経reading of sutras; Amitayurdhyana Sutra
- —短観Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
- —観能viewing noh; seeing a noh play; going to a noh theater
- —雑観article containing thoughts and observations on a topic; op-ed article; opinion piece
- —観潮tide watching (esp. in the Naruto Strait); watching the tide