Is Quan Yin male or female?
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Guan Yin (also Kwan Yin), the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy. ... She represents Mercy and compassion and is popular in East and West. She is usually shown as female but sometimes shown as male. Her full name is Guanshiyin which means "Observing the Sounds (or cries) of the World."