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(Kangxi radical 113, +8 in Chinese, 示+9 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 戈火金田十 (IFCWJ), composition(J) or ⿰(G))

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Chinese emperor sacrifice ceremony
  2. Chinese emperor abdicating the throne
  3. meditative concentration
  4. dhyana, Zen Buddhism

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ぜんGrade: S
on'yomi
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(kyūjitai)

Shortened from 禅那 (zenna, “Zen meditation practice”), from Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transliteration of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “profound meditation”).[1][2][3][4][5] Compare Pali jhāna.

禅(ぜん) (zen)

  1. (Buddhism) dhyana-samadhi: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{[rfdef](/wiki/Template:rfdef#top "Template:rfdef")}}.
    Synonyms: 禅定 (zenjō), 禅那 (zenna)
  2. (Buddhism) the disciplines and doctrine of Zen Buddhism
  3. Short for 座禅 (zazen): a sitting position in a Zen meditation

Derived terms

禅(ぜん) (Zen)

  1. (Buddhism) Short for 禅宗 (Zenshū): Zen Buddhism
  2. a surname
  1. ^ ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ ”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

(seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

  1. Zen