禅問答

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
禅	問	答
ぜん Grade: S	もん Grade: 3	とう > どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
禪問答 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From 禅(ぜん) (zen) + 問答(もんどう) (mondō).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ぜんもんどー [zèńmóꜜǹdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun edit

禅(ぜん)問(もん)答(どう) • (zenmondō) ^{←ぜんもんだふ (zenmondafu)^?}

Zen riddle dialogue

See also edit

公安(こうあん) (kōan, “koan”)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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