馬頭観音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬 頭 観 音
ば
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 4		 おん > のん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

馬頭 (batō, “horse head”, calque of Sanskrit हयग्रीव (hayagrīva)) +‎ 観音 (Kannon, “Guanyin”). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) ばとーか​んのん [bàtóó káꜜǹnòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
    • IPA(key): [ba̠to̞ː kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

馬頭観音 (hiragana ばとうかんのん, rōmaji Batō Kannon, historical hiragana ばとうくわんおん)

  1. (Buddhism) Hayagriva
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