U+89C0 "觀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+89C0 "觀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that fundamentally means "to see," "to observe," or "to view," with a strong connotation of careful and often contemplative looking. It is a component of several significant cultural terms, most notably the Guānshìyīn (觀世音), the Chinese name for the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, where it signifies the act of "perceiving the sounds of the world." The character is also central to the name of the renowned Guān Yīn temple and appears in philosophical texts like the Dao De Jing, where it suggests a deep, insightful awareness of one's surroundings and inner self. Its structure combines the radical for "see" (見) with a component related to a heron or stork, which may imply a watchful or elevated perspective. This character thus embodies not just visual perception, but a profound, mindful attention that is highly valued in East Asian thought and religious practice.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
觀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
觀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xA7 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x89C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000089C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u89c0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
C65B |
| kCCCII |
215832 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7D28 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7D28 |
| kCangjie |
TGBUU |
| kCantonese |
gun1 |
| kCihaiT |
1231.604 |
| kCowles |
1818 1828 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1605.120 |
| kDefinition |
see, observe, view; appearance; hexagram ䷓ |
| kEACC |
215832 |
| kFanqie |
古丸 古玩 |
| kFenn |
60B |
| kFennIndex |
267.01 268.06 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4621.0 |
| kGB1 |
2559 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0158i |
| kHangul |
관:0E |
| kHanYu |
63677.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
guān(1031) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
63677.050:guān,guàn |
| kHKGlyph |
3745 |
| kIICore |
ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1605.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
63677.050 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1138.140 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-395B |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-C65B |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-6B37 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-D4A1 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-4E3A |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7D28 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-666D |
| kJapanese |
カン みる |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kJapaneseKun |
MIRU |
| kJapaneseOn |
KAN |
| kJis0 |
7523 |
| kKangXi |
1138.140 |
| kKarlgren |
449 |
| kKorean |
KWAN |
| kLau |
1072 1073 |
| kMandarin |
guān |
| kMatthews |
3575 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1275 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ024278 MJ024278:E0101 MJ024279:E0102 MJ024280:E0103 |
| kMorohashi |
34993:E0102 |
| kNelson |
4300 |
| kPhonetic |
761 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+6650+147.7.17 |
| kRSUnicode |
147.18 |
| kSBGY |
125.15 403.17 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+898C<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"观" U+89C2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
639.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
guān粵gun1 guàn粵gun3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant |
U+898C<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
6034 |
| kTang |
*guɑn guɑ̀n |
| kTotalStrokes |
24 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
quan |
| kXerox |
243:143 |
| kXHC1983 |
0408.051:guān 0411.041:guàn |