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禅

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • Zen
  • silent meditation

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ゼン
  • セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しずか
  • ゆず.る
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1670
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
示#113 · spirit

Components

Common Words

  • 禅寺ぜんでらNounZen temple
  • 禅宗ぜんしゅうNounZen (Buddhism)
  • 禅僧ぜんそうNounZen priest
  • 禅問答ぜんもんどうNounZen dialogue, Zen questions and answers
  • 座禅ざぜんNounzazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
  • 禅定ぜんじょうNoundhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration)
  • 禅尼ぜんにNounZen nun
  • 禅画ぜんがNounZen painting

Practice in Kanjiru

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