Kannon

See also: kannon

English

Kannon, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 観音 (Kannon かんのん or Kan'on かんおん), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan-ʔim) (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin Guānyīn 观音), an abbreviation of 觀世音 (kwan-ʃjèj-ʔim "Observer of the world's cries") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin Guān-shì-yīn 观世音), from 觀 ("observe") + 世 ("world") + 音 ("sounds", "cries"), a translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara).

Proper noun

Kannon

1. (religion, Buddhism) Kannon, the Japanese version of Guanyin, the Chinese translation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.

Further reading

• Guanyin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Japanese

Romanization

Kannon

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんのん