観心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
観 心
かん
Grade: 4 		じん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
觀心 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 観 (kan, “to observe”) + 心 (shin, “heart, mind”).

The shin changes to jin as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かんじん [káꜜǹjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

観(かん)心(じん) • (kanjin) 

  1. (Buddhism) The practice of observing one's true mind or inner heart.
  2. introspection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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