座禅
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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座 | 禅 |
ざ Grade: 6 | ぜん Grade: S |
goon |
Alternative forms
- 坐禅
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC d͡zuɑX d͡ʑiᴇn). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ざぜん [zàzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [d͡za̠zẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
座禅 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 座禪, hiragana ざぜん, rōmaji zazen)
- (Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 座禅石 (zazenseki)
- 座禅草 (zazensō)
- 座禅衾 (zazen-busuma)
- 座禅豆 (zazen mame)
- 座禅和讃 (zazen wasan)
- 三時座禅 (sanji zazen)
- 四時座禅 (shiji zazen)
- 身替座禅 (migawari zazen)
- 座坐禅 (mizuzazen)
See also
- 座参 (zasan)
- 禅 (zen)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9