観音

See also: 觀音 and 观音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
おん > のん
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim)

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. (Buddhism) Guanyin; Kannon

References

  1. 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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