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See also: 觀

Traditional 觀
Shinjitai 観
Simplified 观

Variant of 觀. Simplified from 觀 (雚 → 𮥶). Compare 権.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

観 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土月山山 (OGBUU), composition ⿰𮥶見)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1137, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3674, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+89B3

観

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 觀)

  1. see, observe, view
  2. appearance

From Middle Chinese 觀 / 观 (kwan, “look”).

観(かん) • (kan) ←くわん (kwan)?

  1. look, appearance
  2. sight
  3. (Buddhism) observation meditation

観(かん) • (-kan) ←くわん (-kwan)?

  1. outlook on …; view of …