観音

See also: 觀音 and 观音

Japanese
Kanji in this term
観 音
かん
Grade: 4		 おん > のん
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
觀音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kwan.omʉ/ → /kwan.on/ → /kwanːon/ → /kanːoɴ/

From Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

Origianlly a shortening of 観世音 (Kanzeon, literally “perceiver of the world's sounds”),[3] itself a calque of Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんのん [kàńnóń] (Heiban – [0])[4]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

観(かん)音(のん) • (Kannon) ←くわんおん (kwan'on)?

  1. (Buddhism) Short for 観世音菩薩 (Kanzeon Bosatsu): Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion; also known in some cultures as Guanyin, the goddess of mercy
    Synonym: 観音菩薩 (Kannon Bosatsu)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 観(かん)音(のん)の本(ほん)誓(ぜい) (Kannon no honzei)
  • 観(かん)音(のん)菩(ぼ)薩(さつ) (Kannon Bosatsu)
  • 浅(あさ)草(くさ)観(かん)音(のん) (Asakusa Kannon)
  • 七(しち)観(かん)音(のん) (Shichi Kannon)
  • 妻(つま)観(かん)音(のん) (Tsumakannon)
  • 六(ろく)観(かん)音(のん) (Roku Kannon), 六(ろっ)観(かん)音(のん) (Rokkannon)

Idioms
  • 後(あと)暗(くら)い観(かん)音(のん) (atokurai Kannon)
  • 尻(しり)暗(くら)い観(かん)音(のん) (shirikurai Kannon)

Descendants
  • English: Kannon, Kwannon

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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