禅
See also: 禪 and 褝
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Translingual
Traditional | 禪 |
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Simplified | 禅 |
Japanese | 禅 |
Korean | 禪 |
Glyph origin
Simplified from 禪.
- Simplified from 禪 (示 → 礻 and 單 → 单) (2 strokes on top of phonetic) in simplified Chinese.
- Simplified from 禪 (示 → 礻 and 單 → 単) (3 strokes on top of phonetic) in Japanese shinjitai.
Han character
禅 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈火金田十 (IFCWJ), composition ⿰礻単(J) or ⿰礻单(G))
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 844, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24787
- Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2402, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7985
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 禅 – see 禪 (“dhyana; deep meditation; contemplation; Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist teachings; etc.”). (This character, 禅, is the simplified and variant form of 禪.) |
Notes:
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Japanese
Shinjitai | 禅 |
Kyūjitai | 禪 |
Kanji
禅
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 禪)
- Chinese emperor sacrifice ceremony
- Chinese emperor abdicating the throne
- meditative concentration
- dhyana, Zen Buddhism
Readings
- Go-on: ぜん (zen, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: せん (sen)
- Kun: しずか (shizuka, 禅)←しづか (siduka, historical); ゆずる (yuzuru, 禅る)←ゆづる (yuduru, historical)
- Nanori: さとり (satori); ゆずり (yuzuri)←ゆづり (yuduri, historical)
Compounds
Compounds
- 禅刹 (zensatsu)
- 禅師 (zenji)
- 禅定 (zenjō)
- 禅譲 (zenjō)
- 禅杖 (zenjō)
- 禅僧 (zensō)
- 禅道 (zendō)
- 禅那 (zenna)
- 禅味 (zenmi)
- 禅門 (zenmon)
- 禅林 (zenrin)
- 座禅, 坐禅 (zazen, “sitting meditation”)
- 参禅 (sanzen)
- 四禅 (shizen)
- 修禅 (shuzen)
- 受禅 (juzen)
- 封禅 (hōzen)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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禅 |
ぜん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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禪 (kyūjitai) |
Shortened from 禅那 (zenna, “Zen meditation practice”), from Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC d͡ʑiᴇn nɑ), a transliteration of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “profound meditation”).[1][2][3][4][5] Compare Pali jhāna.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ぜん [zéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[4]
- (Tokyo) ぜん [zèń] (Heiban – [0])[4]
- IPA(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
禅 • (zen) (kyūjitai 禪)
- (Buddhism) dhyana-samadhi: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- Synonyms: 禅定 (zenjō), 禅那 (zenna)
- (Buddhism) the disciplines and doctrine of Zen Buddhism
- Short for 座禅 (zazen): a sitting position in a Zen meditation
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 禅院 (zen'in)
- 禅客 (zenkaku), 禅客 (zengaku)
- 禅宗 (Zenshū)
- 禅寺 (zendera)
- 禅問答 (zenmondō)
- 蝦蟇禅 (gamazen)
- 吹禅 (suizen, “blowing meditation”)
- 生禅 (namazen)
- 野狐禅 (yakozen, “someone who has not fully attained enlightenment, but puts on airs and becomes self-important as if they have”)
Proper noun
禅 • (Zen) (kyūjitai 禪)
- (Buddhism) Short for 禅宗 (Zenshū): Zen Buddhism
- a surname
Descendants
- → English: Zen
References
- “禅”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- “禅”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “禅”, 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”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
Korean
Hanja
禅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
- Zen