Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (1) (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
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

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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

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Kanji in this term
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

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(こう)(あん) (kōan

  1. koan

Descendants

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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公案 (gong'an) (hangeul 공안)

  1. hanja form? of 공안 (koan)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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公案

  1. chữ Hán form of công án (koan).