Word Meaning 観世音

かんぜおん kanzeon

観世音 is read as かんぜおん (kanzeon) and means Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva).

Meaning

English

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)
Avalokitesvara
Kannon
Kwannon
Guanyin
Buddhist deity of compassion

Reading

Kana

かんぜおん

Romaji

kanzeon

Writing Variants

觀世音 かんぜおん kanzeon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 92390 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

十一面観世音

じゅういちめんかんぜおん

Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)

聖観世音

しょうかんぜのん

Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

観音

かんのん

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

観世流

かんぜりゅう

Kanze style (noh)

観世

かんぜ

Kanze style (noh)

観音開き

かんのんびらき

double doors (opening from the centre)

観音経

かんのんぎょう

Avalokitesvara Sutra

十一面観音

じゅういちめんかんのん

eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara

子安観音

こやすかんのん

guardian Avalokitesvara of children and childbirth (bodhisattva)

千手観音

せんじゅかんのん

thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

六観音

ろくかんのん

the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)

七観音

しちかんのん

the seven Avalokitesvaras of Kyoto