公案
Chinese
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister |
(legal) case; incident; record; file; table | ||
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| simp. and trad. (公案) |
公 | 案 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
公案
- koan
- (old) court table (used by a judge)
- (old) complicated legal case
- (old) much discussed issue; sensational affair
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 公 | 案 |
| こう Grade: 2 |
あん Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
Etymology
公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, and a teacher may test the student's ability to recognize and understand that principle.
Descendants
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
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| 公 | 案 |
Noun
公案 • (gong-an) (hangeul 공안)
Vietnamese
| Hán tự in this word | |
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| 公 | 案 |
Noun
公案
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