慧眼

Chinese

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

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 慧 眼
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (40) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) IV II
Fanqie 胡桂切 五限切
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

  • 別具慧眼/别具慧眼
  • 慧眼獨具/慧眼独具
  • 慧眼識珠/慧眼识珠
  • 慧眼識英雄/慧眼识英雄
  • 慧眼通
  • 獨具慧眼/独具慧眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慧眼):

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けーがん [kèégáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːɡã̠ɴ]

Adjective

慧(けい)眼(がん) • (keigan) -na (adnominal 慧(けい)眼(がん)な (keigan na), adverbial 慧(けい)眼(がん)に (keigan ni))

  1. discerning

Inflection

Noun

慧(けい)眼(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
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