Word Meaning 観音

かんのん kannon

観音 is read as かんのん (kannon) and means Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

かんのん

Romaji

kannon

Writing Variants

觀音かんのん kannon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 15473 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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観世音

かんぜおん

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

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

十一面観世音

じゅういちめんかんぜおん

Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)

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

聖観世音

しょうかんぜのん

Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

聖観音

しょうかんのん

Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

鉄観音

てっかんのん

Tieguanyin (variety of oolong tea)

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