旁观者

旁

páng

观

觀

gua̅n

者

zhě

observer / spectator

Characters and words in 旁观者

旁

páng = p + ang2

one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)

旁 = 六 + 冖 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: bourbon, 波旁.

The beast (六) just entered the anglepod (ang2) and got a quest from Pinocchio (p). Pinocchio asked the beast to fit a cooking top (冖) into a square (方). If he succeeds, he'll get a bottle of bourbon (旁), so the beast is jumping on the cooking top madly trying to push it through the square.

旁

páng

观

觀

gua̅n

spectator / non-participant

观

觀

guàn = gu + an4

surname Guan

观

觀

gua̅n = gu + an1

to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

观 = 又 + 见 : In front of the anthill several surveillance cameras are closely observing Gitta Giraffe's boxing training progress. She also closely watches the cameras and practices her punches until she is ready to box every one of them into oblivion.

观

觀

guàn = gu + an4

Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform

者

zhě = zh + e3

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

者 = ⺹ + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: the sun (日) is wearing a crown (⺹). This reminds me of Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, the Sun King, which will thus be the mnemonic symbol for 者. The crown (⺹) wearing sun (日), the Sun King (者) and James II of England (zh) are taking part in a writing contest in the elevator's living room (e3) to see who of them is the best author (作者).