Word Meaning 観音菩薩

かんのんぼさつ kannombosatsu

観音菩薩 is read as かんのんぼさつ (kannombosatsu) and means Kannon (Bodhisattva).

Meaning

English

  1. Kannon (Bodhisattva)
  2. Kwannon
  3. Goddess of Mercy
  4. Bodhisattva of Compassion
  5. Guan Yin
  6. Kuan Yin

Reading

Kana

かんのんぼさつ

Romaji

kannombosatsu

Writing Variants

  • 觀音菩薩 かんのんぼさつ kannombosatsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 55 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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観世音菩薩

かんぜおんぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

観自在菩薩

かんじざいぼさつ

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

観音

かんのん

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

観音開き

かんのんびらき

double doors (opening from the centre)

観世音

かんぜおん

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)

観音経

かんのんぎょう

Avalokitesvara Sutra

菩薩

ぼさち

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

日光菩薩

にっこうぼさつ

Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

地蔵菩薩

じぞうぼさつ

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)

月光菩薩

がっこうぼさつ

Candraprabha (bodhisattva)

仏菩薩

ぶつぼさつ

buddhas and bodhisattvas