千手観音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 手 観 音
せん
Grade: 1 		しゅ > じゅ
Grade: 1 		かん
Grade: 4 		おん > のん
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
千手觀音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

千 (sen, “thousand”) +‎ 手 (shu, “hand”) +‎ 観音 (Kannon), calque of Sanskrit सहस्रभुजार्यावलोकितेश्वर (sahasrabhujāryāvalokiteśvara). The shu reading for 手 changes to ju as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せんじゅかんのん [sèńjú káꜜǹnòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨ kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

千(せん)手(じゅ)観(かん)音(のん) • (Senju Kannon) ←せんじゆくわんおん (Senzyukwan'on)?

  1. (Buddhism) the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva
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