きょう
拱
しゅ
手
ぼう
傍
かん
観

noun, takes する

Messages.yoji.
  1. stand idly by and watch.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きょう
拱
しゅ
手
ぼう
傍
かん
観
 拱手傍観 きょうしゅぼうかん
こう
拱
しゅ
手
ぼう
傍
かん
観
 拱手傍観 こうしゅぼうかん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

arch, fold arms
コウ　こまぬ.く　キョウ (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
hand
て　シュ　ズ (1st, N4)
bystander, side, besides
はた　ボウ　かたわ.ら (7th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
RHS of character, at same time
つくり　ボウ　かたがた (Kentei 1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
outlook, look, appearance
カン　み.る　しめ.す (4th, N3)
heron(雚) variant
person(人) variant
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)