"観音" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [kã̠nːõ̞ɴ] Forms: 観音 [canonical] (ruby: (かん), (のん)), Kannon [romanization], Kwan'on [romanization], くわんおん [hiragana, historical]
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). Origianlly a shortening of 観世音 (Kanzeon, literally “perceiver of the world's sounds”), itself a calque of Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|觀音|tr=kwan ʔim}} Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim), {{sortkey|ja|観音}} かんのん, {{ja-renjo|on|non|音}} The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声)., {{calque|ja|sa|अवलोकितेश्वर|nocap=1|tr=Avalokiteśvara}} calque of Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かんのん|hhira=くわんおん}} 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 Wikipedia link: Avalokiteśvara, Daijirin, Daijisen, ja:松村明 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 観世音菩薩 (extra: (Kanzeon Bosatsu): Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion; also known in some cultures as Guanyin, the goddess of mercy) Categories (topical): Bodhisattvas, Buddhism Synonyms: 観音菩薩 Derived forms: 観音の本誓 (Kannon no honzei) (ruby: (かん), (のん), (ほん), (ぜい)), 観音菩薩 (Kannon Bosatsu) (ruby: (かん), (のん), (), (さつ)), 浅草観音 (Asakusa Kannon) (ruby: (あさ), (くさ), (かん), (のん)), 七観音 (Shichi Kannon) (ruby: (しち), (かん), (のん)), 妻観音 (Tsumakannon) (ruby: (つま), (かん), (のん)), 六観音 (Roku Kannon), 六観音 (Rokkannon) Related terms: 後暗い観音 (atokurai Kannon) (ruby: (あと), (くら), (かん), (のん)), 尻暗い観音 (shirikurai Kannon) (ruby: (しり), (くら), (かん), (のん)), 観世音 (Kanzeon) (ruby: (かん), (), (おん)), 観自在 (Kanjizai) (ruby: (かん), (), (ざい))

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "Roku Kannon",
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      "ipa": "[kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]"
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "観音"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 観音 meaning in All languages combined (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "観音"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "観音",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "観音"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "観音",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.