観世音菩薩

かんぜおんぼさつ

Meanings

1. Noun Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin (i.e.: Buddhist deity of compassion) See also: 観音 (かんのん).

Kanji

• 観 view. Read as カン.
• 世 world
• 音 sound. Read as オン.
• 菩 kind of grass; sacred tree
• 薩 salvation; Buddha. Read as サツ.

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