禅宗

禅宗

See also: 禪宗

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 禅宗 – see 禪宗 (“Zen Buddhism”). (This term, 禅宗, is the simplified form of 禪宗.)

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
禅	宗
ぜん Grade: S	しゅう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 禪宗 (d͡ʑiᴇn t͡suoŋ).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぜんしゅう [zèńshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

禅宗 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 禪宗, hiragana ぜんしゅう, rōmaji zenshū)

1. (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism

Synonyms

• 禅 (ぜん) (zen), 仏 (ぶっ)心 (しん)宗 (しゅう) (busshinshū), 禅 (ぜん)門 (もん) (zenmon)

Derived terms

• 禅 (ぜん)宗 (しゅう)様 (よう) (zenshūyō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN