観音菩薩

See also: 觀音菩薩 and 观音菩萨

Japanese

Kannon, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Kanji in this term
観	音	菩	薩
かん Grade: 4	おん > のん Grade: 1	ぼ Jinmeiyō	さつ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

観音 +‎ 菩薩: The bodhisattva of Avalokiteśvara".

Proper noun

観音菩薩 (hiragana かんのんぼさつ, rōmaji Kannonbosatsu)

(mythology, Buddhism) Kannon Bosatsu; the Japanese name for Guanyin, the goddess and bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Further reading

観音菩薩 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Guanyin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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