禅学

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 禅学 – see 禪學 (“doctrines of Zen Buddhism”). (This term is the simplified form of 禪學).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禅	学
ぜん Grade: S	がく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
禪學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

禅 (zen, “Zen”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “study”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんがく [zèńgákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

禅(ぜん)学(がく) • (zengaku) 

1. Zen studies; Zen practice