景观

jǐngguān · HSK 7

landscape

景观 — landscape

🏞️ 景观 = scenery 景 + observe 观 → the scene you take in

景 — sun 日 on top + capital 京 below (phonetic)
景 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 日 (sun) gives the meaning and 京 (jīng, capital) supplies the sound. It originally meant 'sunlight' or 'bright', then extended to 'shadow cast by sunlight', and later broadened to 'scenery' or 'view'.

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