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Chinese symbol for “subjectively”

反观
fǎn guān
Traditional: 反觀
by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subjectively is 反观 (fǎn guān), defined as: by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection.

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Characters and stroke order

反 fǎn
reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
观 guān
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
radical 147 ⾒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 反观.

WordPinyinMeaning
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
违反 (違反)wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
反而fǎn éron the contrary; instead
相反xiāng fǎnopposite; contrary
观点 (觀點)guān diǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
观众 (觀眾)guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.