慧眼

Chinese

intelligent eye
simp. and trad.
(慧眼)
Literally: “eye of wisdom”.

Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit प्रज्ञाचक्षुस् (prajñācakṣus, eye of understanding; eye of wisdom) or Pali paññācakkhu (idem). Tibetan equivalent is ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་སྤྱན (shes rab kyi spyan, eye of wisdom).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (31)
Final () (40) (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦweiH/ /ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷeiH/ /ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛiH/ /ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛjH/ /ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ɣueiH/ /ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ɣiweiH/ /ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiweiH/ /ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huì yǎn

Noun

慧眼

  1. (Buddhism) mind which perceives both past and future; an all-seeing mind
  2. (figuratively) mental discernment; insight; acumen

Derived terms

  • 別具慧眼别具慧眼
  • 慧眼獨具慧眼独具
  • 慧眼識珠慧眼识珠
  • 慧眼識英雄慧眼识英雄
  • 慧眼通
  • 獨具慧眼独具慧眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧眼):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Jinmeiyō
がん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

慧眼 (-na inflection, hiragana けいがん, rōmaji keigan)

  1. discerning

Inflection

Noun

慧眼 (hiragana けいがん, rōmaji keigan)

  1. discerningness, acumen
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