TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
觀
觀 ＝ 見 ＋ 雚
ㄍㄨㄢ · guān
verb/noun — to observe, watch; a view, an outlook
字源 FORM — what the parts do
雚聲guàn — gives the soundtwo mouths 吅 over a bird 隹 — a heron crying out
Tguàn → guān — the tone alone shifts
見 to see, 雚 the sound: to watch closely, eyes held on a thing — to observe. 雚 guàn carries the sound, only the tone shifted to guān. From watching closely came the thing watched, 觀光 the view, and the way one watches, 觀念 the outlook, 樂觀 optimism.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻雚鳥（雚）盯著水面，眼睛（見）一動不動——這就是觀。
A heron (雚) fixed on the water, its eye (見) unmoving — that watching is 觀.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)觀察、觀看— to observe, to watch closely常用
→觀光、景觀— a view, scenery
⇒觀念、樂觀— outlook, view — how one sees
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
雚guànthe phonetic, standing alone — the crying heron; it also drives 歡 (joy), 勸 (urge), 罐 (jar)視＝ ＋ 示shìthe partner in watching — 視 is plain seeing with 示, 觀 the careful study with