观 guān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
观察
guānchá
to observe
Characters in this word
察 chá
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 祭 to sacrifice to, to worship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我观察小猫。 Wǒ guānchá xiǎo māo. I observe the kitten.
- 老师观察我们。 Lǎoshī guānchá wǒmen. The teacher observes us.
- 观察天气。 Guānchá tiānqì. Observe the weather.
Related words
- 参观 cānguān to visit and look around
- 观点 guāndiǎn point of view; opinion
- 观看 guānkàn to watch
- 观念 guānniàn idea; viewpoint
- 观众 guānzhòng audience
- 客观 kèguān objective
- 乐观 lèguān optimistic
- 主观 zhǔguān subjective
- 警察 jǐngchá police officer
- 考察 kǎochá to inspect; to study
- 现实 xiànshí reality
- 体会 tǐhuì to understand through feeling