Kannon

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English

Kannon, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Etymology

From Japanese 観音 (Kannon かんのん or Kan'on かんおん), from Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan-ʔim) (compare Mandarin Guānyīn 观音), an abbreviation of 觀世音 (kwan-ʃjèj-ʔim "Observer of the world's cries") (compare Mandarin Guān-shì-yīn 观世音), from 觀 ("observe") + 世 ("world") + 音 ("sounds", "cries"), a translation of Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara).

Proper noun

Kannon

(religion, Buddhism) Kannon, the Japanese version of Guanyin, the Chinese translation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Further reading

Guanyin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

Kannon

Rōmaji transcription of かんのん

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