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禅 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「礻」

道
準2High school level ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
On
ゼン・センぜん・せん · zen · sen
Kun
しずか・ゆず.るshizuka · yuzu.ru
Meaning
Zen; silent meditation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An altar plus a phonetic element: to sacrifice to heaven, to abdicate; later used to transcribe Sanskrit dhyana — seated meditation.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゼンぜんzen禅宗ぜんしゅう禅寺ぜんでら座禅ざぜん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 禅宗ぜんしゅう

    the Zen sect

  • 座禅ざぜん

    seated meditation

More words with this kanji

  • 坐禅ざぜん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

寺(てら)で座禅(ざぜん)を組(く)んで心(こころ)を静(しず)めた。

I sat in meditation at the temple and calmed my mind.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 礻Map of reading ゼンAll maps

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