See also: 坐禅 and 坐禪

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Kanji in this term

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

Etymology edit

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

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ぜん) (zazenざぜん (zazen)?

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

Derived terms edit

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References edit

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