Chinese Character 观 Meanings and components.

Form

观

Meaning

观 meaning[3] in English

Surname Guan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 观 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (once) again (又) , and to see (见)

Its radical[1] is: 見 (jian4) which means: To See, To Meet, To Appear (To Be Sth), To Interview, .見jian4to see

In cangjie it is written with EBHU

How to write 观

To write观guan1surname Guan you should write a combination of 又you4(once) again , 见jian4to see arranged in a 吅 shape:

又 + 见 = 观

观 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 观 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 观, looks as follow:

观
Pinyin:guan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Guan
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
见
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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