to watch; to observe; view; outlook; sight; scene
观 means to watch and to see (观察, 参观); guàn is a Taoist temple (道观). The old full form kept the sound piece 雚.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
The header's short account (从又、见声) differs from the detailed 觀 analysis, which names 见 as the meaning side and 雚 (guàn) as the old sound side. The modern simplified shape writes 又 beside 见; the old sound piece 雚 is reduced away in the simplification.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to watch; to observe; view; outlook; sight; scene
观 means to watch and to see (观察, 参观); guàn is a Taoist temple (道观). The old full form kept the sound piece 雚.
The header's short account (从又、见声) differs from the detailed 觀 analysis, which names 见 as the meaning side and 雚 (guàn) as the old sound side. The modern simplified shape writes 又 beside 见; the old sound piece 雚 is reduced away in the simplification.
MODERN LEFT PIECE: THE HAND-SHAPE 又 (VISUAL)
again; right hand in older use
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.
In 观: modern left piece: the hand-shape 又 (visual) In the traditional 觀 this position held the sound side 雚 (guàn).
MEANING: TO SEE (THE SEEING SIDE)
to see; to meet
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.
In 观: meaning: to see (the seeing side) Named by the detailed ZDIC analysis.
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