本願

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (本願)		本	願
simp. (本愿)		本	愿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-yüan⁴
    • Yale: běn-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenyuann
    • Palladius: бэньюань (bɛnʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² jyun⁶
    • Yale: bún yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ jyːn²²/

Noun

本願

1. original intention; original wish

Synonyms

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• 初心 (chūxīn)
• 初意 (chūyì) (literary)
• 初衷 (chūzhōng)
• 初願 / 初愿 (chūyuàn)
• 宿心 (sùxīn) (literary)
• 本心 (běnxīn)
• 本志 (běnzhì) (literary)
• 本意 (běnyì)
• 素心 (sùxīn) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	願
ほん Grade: 1	がん Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほんがん [hòńgáń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ほんがん [hóꜜǹgàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ŋɡã̠ɴ]

Noun

本(ほん)願(がん) • (hongan) ^{←ほんぐわん (fongwan)?}

1. Amida Buddha's original vow
2. long-awaited desire

Derived terms

• 本(ほん)願(がん)往(おう)生(じょう) (hongan ōjō)
• 他(た)力(りき)本(ほん)願(がん) (tariki hongan)

Related terms

• 本(ほん)懐(かい) (honkai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	願

Noun

本願 • (bonwon) (hangeul 본원)

1. hanja form^? of 본원