美观
měiguān · HSK 7
pleasing to the eye
🖼️ 美 beautiful + 观 to view = beautiful to view, pleasing to the eye
美 means beautiful and 观 means to look at or view (as in 观看). Together: something that is beautiful when looked at. The guān here is the same 观 in 参观 (visit) and 观点 (viewpoint).
美 — sheep 羊 on top + big 大 below
美 is traditionally explained as a pictograph of a person (大) wearing a large sheep or ram's-head ornament, suggesting beauty through adornment. An alternative reading takes 羊 (sheep) over 大 (big) to mean 'a big, fat sheep'—seen as delicious and pleasing, hence 'beautiful, good'.