Kanji N3

観: outlook, look, appearance

観 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning outlook, look, appearance, written with 18 strokes. It is read カン (on) and みる, しめす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 観光 (かんこう, sightseeing) and 観客 (かんきゃく, spectator).

観

Meanings

  • outlook
  • look
  • appearance
  • condition
  • view
Strokes18
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#476 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みる
  • しめす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

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Common words with 観

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 観光かんこう

    sightseeing; tourism

    JLPT N3
  • 観客かんきゃく

    spectator; audience

    JLPT N3
  • 観察かんさつ

    observation; survey; watching

    JLPT N3
  • 観点かんてん

    point of view; viewpoint; standpoint

    JLPT N1
  • 観測かんそく

    observation; survey; measurement

    JLPT N2
  • 悲観ひかん

    pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view

    JLPT N1
  • 楽観らっかん

    optimism; taking an optimistic view

    JLPT N1
  • 客観きゃっかん

    objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.