観音

かんのん

Also written 觀音

Meanings

1. Noun Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin (i.e.: Buddhist deity of compassion)

Kanji

• 観 view. Read as カン.
• 音 sound. Read as ノン.

Related forms

• 観音様 (かんのんさま) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva) (honorific)

Words containing 観音

• 十一面観音 (じゅういちめんかんのん) eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara
• 観音菩薩 (かんのんぼさつ) Kannon (Bodhisattva)
• 千手観音 (せんじゅかんのん) thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

And 16 more.

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