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

On’yomi: Goon

(Tokyo) せんじゅかんのん [sèńjú káꜜǹnòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞n(d͡)ʑɨᵝ 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)^?} (kyūjitai 千手觀音)

(Buddhism) the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva