観音

See also: 觀音 and 观音

Japanese
Kanji in this term
観 音
かん
Grade: 4		 おん > のん
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim)

/kwaɴ.on/ → /kannon/. The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

観音 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 觀音, hiragana かんのん, rōmaji Kannon, historical hiragana くわんおん)

  1. (Buddhism) Guanyin; Kannon

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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