Chinese symbol for “visualize”
观想
guān xiǎng
Traditional: 觀想
to visualize (Buddhist practice)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for visualize is 观想 (guān xiǎng), defined as: to visualize (Buddhist practice).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “visualize”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显像 (顯像) | xiǎn xiàng | to form a picture; to develop a photo |
| 脑补 (腦補) | nǎo bǔ | (Internet slang) to imagine; to visualize |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观看 (觀看) | guān kàn | to watch; to view |
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
See also: Japanese symbol for “visualize”.
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.