noun
Avalokiteshvara; Kannon; Guanyin; Bodhisattva of Compassion
Buddhist term; refers to the bodhisattva who embodies compassion. Often shortened to 観音 (かんのん) in everyday usage.
See also: 観音
観世音菩薩は慈悲の象徴として広く信仰されている。
Kanzeon Bosatsu is widely worshipped as a symbol of compassion.
このお寺の本尊は観世音菩薩です。
The principal image of this temple is Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Common abbreviation of 観世音; used in everyday references to Kannon, while 観世音 is more formal or liturgical.
From the Chinese translation 觀世音 (Guānshìyīn) of the Sanskrit name Avalokiteśvara, meaning 'the one who perceives the sounds of the world'.