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
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim)

/kwaɴ.on/ → /kannon/. The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) かんのん [kàńnóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

観音 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 觀音, hiragana かんのん, rōmaji Kannon, historical hiragana くわんおん)

(Buddhism) Guanyin; Kannon

References

↑ 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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