馬頭観音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬 頭 観 音
ば
Grade: 2 		とう
Grade: 2 		かん
Grade: 4 		おん > のん
Grade: 1
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
馬頭觀音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

馬頭 (batō, “horse head”, calque of Sanskrit हयग्रीव (hayagrīva)) +‎ 観音 (Kannon, “Guanyin”). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばとーかんのん [bàtóó káꜜǹnòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ba̠to̞ː kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

馬(ば)頭(とう)観(かん)音(のん) • (Batō Kannon) ←ばとうくわんおん (Batoukwan'on)?

  1. (Buddhism) Hayagriva
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