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Definition 2024
公案
公案
Chinese
just; honorable (designation); public; common
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(legal) case; incident; record; file; table
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simp. and trad. (公案) |
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Noun
公案
Japanese
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こう Grade: 2 |
あん Grade: 4 |
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Noun
公案 (hiragana こうあん, romaji kōan)
Etymology
公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, and a teacher may test the student's ability to recognize and understand that principle.