At left the character of Guān in modern fullform sript, like it is still used in Taiwan.
  At right an old character found on oracle bones.

  雚 guàn phonetic. Today it does not exist as a character on its own. It is a picture of a bird like a heron. From 艹 tufts, 吅 cry, and 隹 (zhuī) ‘short-tailed bird’.
  “The 吅 crying 隹 bird with 艸 tufts on its head" (Karlgren).

  見 jiàn ‘see’, catch sight of; meet with, be exposed to; appear to be; refer to, see, vide; meet, call on.
  A kneeling person with a big eye.

 All meanings have to do with observing. Like a fishing heron intently looking in the water with its fierce eyes.