座禅

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See also: 坐禅, and 坐禪

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
ぜん
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spellings
坐禪 (kyūjitai)
坐禅

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC dzwaX dzyen). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(ぜん) (zazenざぜん (zazen)?

  1. (Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN