公案
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Chinese[edit]
just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister |
(legal) case; incident; record; file; table | ||
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simp. and trad. (公案) |
公 | 案 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
公案
- koan
- (old) court table (used by a judge)
- (old) complicated legal case
- (old) much discussed issue; sensational affair
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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公 | 案 |
こう Grade: 2 |
あん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Noun[edit]
公案 (hiragana こうあん, rōmaji kōan)
Etymology[edit]
公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, and a teacher may test the student's ability to recognize and understand that principle.
Descendants[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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公 | 案 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this word | |
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公 | 案 |
Noun[edit]
公案
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