坐禅

坐禅

See also: 坐禪

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 坐禅 – see 坐禪 (“to sit in meditation”). (This term, 坐禅, is the simplified form of 坐禪.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
坐	禅
ざ Jinmeiyō	ぜん Grade: S
goon

Alternative forms

• 座禅

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC d͡zuɑ^X d͡ʑiᴇn). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ざぜん [zàzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡za̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

坐禅 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 坐禪, hiragana ざぜん, rōmaji zazen)

1. (Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism

Derived terms

• 坐 (ザ)禅 (ゼン)草 (ソウ) (zazensō)
• 三 (さん)時 (じ)坐 (ざ)禅 (ぜん) (sanji zazen)
• 四 (し)時 (じ)坐 (ざ)禅 (ぜん) (shiji zazen)
• 水 (ミズ)坐 (ザ)禅 (ゼン) (mizuzazen)

See also

• 禅 (ぜん) (zen)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN