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Kwannon

Definition: Kwannon

Kwannon

Noun

1. Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin;.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Kwannon

English words defined with "Kwannon": Kuan Yin, Kwan-yin. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Kwannon

Illustrations:
Kwannon

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Photo Album: Kwannon

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Asakusa Kwannon Temple, escaped destruction (protected by Buddha--Notice the Buddha's image in the fire. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kwannon

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

kwannon

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Kwannon

Language Translations for "Kwannon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

観音 (Goddess of Mercy, Kannon), 観世音 (Avalokitesvara, Kuan Yin). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"ぜお" (Avalokitesvara, Kuan Yin), か"の" (Goddess of Mercy, Kannon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

annonkway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Kwannon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-k-n-n-n-o-w"

-2 letters: known.

-3 letters: anon, kaon, know, koan, nona, wonk.

-4 letters: awn, koa, nan, naw, now, oak, oka, own, wan, wok, won.

-5 letters: an, aw, ka, na, no, on, ow, wo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kwannon


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 77 61 6E 6E 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    .--.    .-    -.    -.    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01110111 01100001 01101110 01101110 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#119 &#97 &#110 &#110 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0077 0061 006E 006E 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45896780808180

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Kwannon"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ"

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ"
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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