禅
Zen; silent meditation
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1902.
Readings
- ゼン (on reading): 禅 (ぜん) dhyana (profound meditation); 禅僧 (ぜんそう) Zen priest
- セン (on reading)
- しずか (kun reading)
- ゆずる (kun reading)
Components
- 礻
- 単
- 十 radical ten
- ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
- ⺭ radical altar, left-side form of 示
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 禅
- 禅 (ぜん) dhyana (profound meditation)
- 禅僧 (ぜんそう) Zen priest
- 禅宗 (ぜんしゅう) Zen (Buddhism)
- 禅譲 (ぜんじょう) abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir)
- 禅師 (ぜんじ) monk
43 words in all.