公案

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Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
(legal) case; incident; record
(legal) case; incident; record; file; table
 
trad. (公案) 公 案
simp. #(公案) 公 案

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 公 案
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古紅切 烏旰切
Baxter kuwng 'anH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuŋ/ /ʔɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuŋ/ /ʔɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuŋ/ /ʔɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwŋ/ /ʔanH/
Li
Rong 		/kuŋ/ /ʔɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/kuŋ/ /ɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kuŋ/ /ʔɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gōng àn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gung1 on3

Noun

公案

  1. (law, literary) court table (used by a judge)
  2. (law, figurative) complicated legal case
  3. (figurative) much discussed issue; sensational affair
  4. (Zen Buddhism) koan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公 案
こう
Grade: 2 		あん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, relating to the actioning of Ming (命)Heavens mandate, decree or command by an official that has authority.

Noun

公(こう)案(あん) • (kōan) 

  1. koan

Descendants

  • English: koan
  • French: koan
  • Hungarian: koan
  • Russian: коа́н (koán)

Korean

Hanja in this term
公案

Noun

公案 • (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

  1. hanja form? of 공안 (“koan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公案

Noun

公案

  1. chữ Hán form of công án (“koan”).
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