~観

かん · kan · JLPT N3 · noun

view

👁️ 観 = 雚 (heron) + 見 (see): a long watchful look becomes your view

As a suffix, ~観 turns a topic into an outlook on it: 世界観 (sekaikan) = world + view = worldview, 人生観 (jinseikan) = life + view = outlook on life. The 見 on the right marks it as a seeing word.

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