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禅

禅 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 禪.

Korean reading
선 선
Romanization
seon
English
meditation, contemplation
Mandarin
chán
Japanese on'yomi
ゼン, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
しずか ゆず.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,902 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
禪
Radical
示 (113, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+7985

Parts that make up 禅

  • 礻 보일 시, 땅 귀신 기variant of 示 제물을 올린 제단제사와 신, 하늘이 내리는 일. 왼쪽에서 礻 로 쓴다
  • 単 홀로 단, 오랑캐 이름 선 갈래진 사냥 도구單 과 같은 글자. ‘단’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 禅

  • 禅ぜん dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
  • 禅寺ぜんでら Zen temple
  • 座禅ざぜん zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
  • 禅宗ぜんしゅう Zen (Buddhism)
  • 禅僧ぜんそう Zen priest
  • 禅譲ぜんじょう abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir); smooth transference of power (responsibility, etc.)
  • 禅問答ぜんもんどう Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
  • 参禅さんぜん Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot
  • 禅定ぜんじょう dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration); ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō); mountain top
  • 禅尼ぜんに Zen nun
  • 禅画ぜんが Zen painting
  • 禅学ぜんがく Zen studies; Zen practice

Other hanja read “선”

仙 傓 僊 僎 先 善 墠 墡 嫙 嬋 宣 尟 尠 屳 愃 扇 敾 旋 歚 毨 渲 煽 珗 琁 瑄 璇 璿 癬 禪 筅 綫 線 縇 繕 缐 羡 羨 腺 膳 船 蘚 蝉 蟬 詵 譔 譱 跣 躚 選 銑 鏇 鐥 饍 騸 鮮 鱓 鱔 鱻

Other hanja with radical 示

示 礼 社 祀 祁 祅 祆 祇 祈 祉 祊 祋 祐 祓 祔 祕 祖 祗 祚 祛 祜 祝 神 祟 祠 祢 祥 祧 票 祭 祷 祺 祼 祿 禀 禁 禊 禋 禍 禎 福 禑 禔 禘 禛 禝 禡 禦 禧 禨 禪 禫 禮 禰 禱 禳 禴 視

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