Guanyin

Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Name ID    Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM Mike C guanyin added (from user-submitted name 343440)
12/25/2020, 12:17 PM HL 343440
8/14/2020, 5:36 PM HL

Gender Feminine
Usage Buddhism
Scripts 观音(Chinese) 觀音(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. KWAN-EEN(Chinese)

Meaning & History

Means "one who observes sounds", from Chinese 观 (guān) meaning "to observe, to see" and 音 (yīn) meaning "sound, tone", referring to prayers. This is the Chinese name of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (who is regarded as female in China). It originated as a calque of Sanskrit अवलोकितस्वर (Avalokitasvara), an earlier form of Avalokiteshvara's name.