Kanji
Readingげん
Frequencyless than 1%
Used in (11 in total)
naked eye; the physical eye
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
the heavenly eye; rolling back one's eyes during convulsions
the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye)
the dharma eye; second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (arch.) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.
merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)
the Buddha eye
the wisdom eye
Acala's eyes, one looking up and the other looking down