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Mythic Mandarin

观 (guān): meaning and stroke order

观 (guān) means to look at, to watch, to observe, to behold, to advise, concept, point of view, outlook.

观

Simplified
观
Traditional
觀
Pinyin
guān · guàn

Stroke order of 观

观

  • Guàn surname Guan
  • guān to look at; to watch
  • guàn Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 觀

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 观

  1. guān Traditional 觀
    • to look at
    • to watch
    • to observe
    • to behold
    • to advise
    • concept
    • point of view
    • outlook
  2. guàn Traditional 觀
    • Taoist monastery
    • palace gate watchtower
    • platform
  3. Guàn Traditional 觀
    • surname Guan

Radical and structure

观
Radical 见 (Kangxi radical 147) in its simplified form · 6 strokes · 又 on the left, 见 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 观

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).