慧眼

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Chinese

intelligent eye
trad. (慧眼)
simp. #(慧眼)
Literally: “eye of wisdom”.
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Etymology

Translation of Sanskrit प्रज्ञाचक्षुस् (prajñācakṣus, eye of understanding; eye of wisdom) or Pali paññācakkhu (idem). Tibetan equivalent is ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་སྤྱན (shes rab kyi spyan, eye of wisdom).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (31)
Final () (40) (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Baxter hwejH ngeanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦweiH/ /ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷeiH/ /ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛiH/ /ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛjH/ /ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/ɣueiH/ /ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li
/ɣiweiH/ /ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiweiH/ /ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huì yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai6 ngaan5

Noun

慧眼

  1. (Buddhism) mind which perceives both past and future; an all-seeing mind
  2. (figurative) mental discernment; insight; acumen

Synonyms

  • (mental discernment):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧眼):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Jinmeiyō
がん
Grade: 5
kan’on

Pronunciation

Adjective

(けい)(がん) (keigan-na (adnominal (けい)(がん) (keigan na), adverbial (けい)(がん) (keigan ni))

  1. discerning

Inflection

Noun

(けい)(がん) (keigan

  1. discerningness, acumen

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN