Moto 観: Outlook; Look; AppearanceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Kun'yomi
- み(る)、しめ(す)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 330 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 観光かんこうsightseeing; tourism
- 観測かんそくobservation; survey
- 観客かんきゃくaudience; spectator
- 観点かんてんpoint of view
- 価値観かちかんsense of values; values
- 悲観ひかんpessimism; disappointment
- 観察かんさつobservation; survey
- 客観的きゃっかんてきobjective
- 景観けいかんscenery
- 楽観らっかんoptimism; taking an optimistic view
- 客観きゃっかんobjectivity; objective
- 観衆かんしゅうspectators; onlookers
- 楽観的らっかんてきoptimistic; hopeful
- 観戦かんせんwatching a (sports) game; spectating
- 外観がいかんoutward appearance; exterior appearance
- 観念かんねんidea; notion
- 観音かんのんAvalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara
- 観賞かんしょうadmiration; appreciation
- 人生観じんせいかんview of life
- 先入観せんにゅうかんpreconception; preconceived notion
- 参観さんかんvisit; inspection
- 静観せいかんwatchful waiting; careful supervision
- 世界観せかいかんworld view; outlook on the world
- 観劇かんげきtheatre-going; theater-going
- 主観しゅかんsubjectivity; subject (philosophical)
- 主観的しゅかんてきsubjective
- 傍観ぼうかんlooking on; remaining a spectator
- 史観しかんhistorical view; view of history (from a given point of view)
- 固定観念こていかんねんfixed idea; idée fixe
- 壮観そうかんmagnificent spectacle; thrilling sight
- 大観たいかんbroad overview; general survey
- 客観性きゃっかんせいobjectivity
- 展観てんかんexhibit
- 強迫観念きょうはくかんねんobsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
- 悲観的ひかんてきpessimistic; gloomy
- 拝観はいかんsee; inspect
- 授業参観じゅぎょうさんかんparents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
- 概観がいかんgeneral view; outline
- 直観ちょっかんintuition; instinct
- 直観的ちょっかんてきintuitive
- 美観びかんfine view; beautiful sight
- 観かんlook; appearance
- 観光スポットかんこうスポットtourist attraction; sight-seeing area
- 観光客かんこうきゃくtourist
- 観念的かんねんてきconceptual; ideational
- 観月かんげつmoon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
- 観覧かんらんviewing
- 観閲かんえつinspection (of troops)
- 達観たっかんtaking a philosophic view
- たっ観たっかんtaking a philosophic view
- コロナ観測所コロナかんそくじょcorona observatory
- ドイツ観念論ドイツかんねんろんGerman idealism
- マリア観音マリアかんのんMaria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period
- 一心三観いっしんさんがんsimultaneous contemplation of the threefold truth (form of Tendai meditation)
- 一面観いちめんかんone-sided view
- 七観音しちかんのんthe seven forms of Avalokitesvara
- 主観主義しゅかんしゅぎsubjectivism
- 主観主義者しゅかんしゅぎしゃsubjectivist
- 主観性しゅかんせいsubjectivity
Other readings
- 不空羂索観音ふくうけんじゃくかんのんAmoghapasa (manifestation of Kannon)
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