KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 禅

ゼン, セン, しずか, ゆず.る
Zen, silent meditation
This kanji has 13 strokes: 5 strokes in the "show" radical (しめす) and 8 other strokes
Sample Compounds (30):
1.

ざぜん

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
2.

ぜん

(Buddh) dhyana (profound meditation), Zen (Buddhism)
3.

ぜんでら

Zen temple
4.

ぜんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)
5.

ぜんそう

Zen priest
6.

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue, Zen questions and answers
7.

ぜんりん

Zen temple
8.

ざぜん

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
9.

ぜんわ

Zen talk
10.

そしぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
11.

ざぜんそう

eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
12.

ちゅうぜんじこ

Lake Chuzenji
13.

さんぜん

Zen meditation
14.

にょらいぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha
15.

ほうぜん

ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual
16.

ぜんけ

Zen, Zen temple, Zen priest
17.

ゆうぜんぎく

Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)
18.

ぜんが

Zen painting
19.

ゆうぜんぞめ

type of dyeing method or pattern, silk printed by the Yuzen process
20.

ぜんがく

Zen studies or practice (practise)
21.

ゆうぜんぞめ

type of dyeing method or pattern, silk printed by the Yuzen process
22.

ぜんし

monk, priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
23.

ぜんじ

monk, priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
24.

ぜんじょう

(historical, in China) abdication by an emperor in favor (favour) of a more virtuous successor
25.

ぜんじょう

(Buddh) dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration), ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendou), mountain top
26.

ぜんどう

Zen meditation hall
27.

ぜんな

(Buddh) dhyana (profound meditation)
28.

ぜんぼうず

Zen monk
29.

ぜんみ

the flavor of Zen, the flavour of Zen, air or style of disinterestedness
30.

ぜんもん

Zen, entering the path of Zen

Kuten Code: 3321
EUC Code: c1b5
Shift-JIS Code: 9154
JIS Code: 4135
Unicode: 7985
Radical Index: 113
Frequency Rank: 1902
Jouyou Grade: 8
DeRoo Code: 655
Four Corner codes: 3225.63925.6
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1032
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3255
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 4104
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 1426
"Kanji in Context" Index: 589
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 708
"Essential Kanji" Index: 1063
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 4e9.2
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 1540
Morohashi Volume.Page: 8.494
Gakken Index: 1502
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1551
"Japanese Names" Index: 1930
Korean Reading: seon
Pinyin: shan4, chan2
Cross Reference code: J06338

Radical Index : : 禅

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