子安

こやす

Meanings

1. Noun safe, easy childbirth
2. guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara) See also: 子安観音 (こやすかんのん). See also: 子安地蔵 (こやすじぞう).

Kanji

• 子 child. Read as こ.
• 安 safe. Read as やす.

Words containing 子安

• 子安貝 (こやすがい) cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)
• 子安地蔵 (こやすじぞう) guardian Ksitigarbha of childbirth (bodhisattva)
• 子安観音 (こやすかんのん) guardian Avalokitesvara of children and childbirth (bodhisattva)

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