JLPT N3 · 18 strokes
Kanji 観: "outlook, look, appearance"
The kanji 観 means "outlook, look, appearance, condition, view". It is written with 18 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read カン in on'yomi and み.る, しめ.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
み.るしめ.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | outlook, look, appearance, condition, view |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 18 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 476 of 2,501 |
Common words with 観
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 観察observation; survey; watching
- 観念idea; notion; concept; conception · sense (e.g. of duty)
- 観客spectator; audience
- 価値観sense of values; values; value system
- 客観的objective
- 観光sightseeing; tourism
- 観測observation; survey; measurement · opinion; prediction; thinking
- 観点point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective
- 外観outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
- 観光客tourist
- 観戦watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
- 世界観worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung · setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
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