禅

See also: 禪 and 褝
禅 U+7985, 禅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7985
← 禄
[U+7984] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 禆 →
[U+7986]

Translingual
Traditional 禪
Simplified 禅
Japanese 禅
Korean 禪

Glyph origin

Simplified from 禪.

  • Simplified from 禪 (示 → 礻 and 單 → 单) (2 strokes on top of phonetic) in simplified Chinese.
  • Simplified from 禪 (示 → 礻 and 單 → 単) (3 strokes on top of phonetic) in Japanese shinjitai.

Han character

禅 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+8 in Chinese, 示+9 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 戈火金田十 (IFCWJ), composition ⿰礻単(J) or ⿰礻单(G))

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 844, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24787
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1265, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2402, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7985

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 禅 – see 禪 (“dhyana; deep meditation; contemplation; Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist teachings; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 禪).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

 禅

Kyūjitai

 禪

Kanji
禅

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 禪)

  1. Chinese emperor sacrifice ceremony
  2. Chinese emperor abdicating the throne
  3. meditative concentration
  4. dhyana, Zen Buddhism

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
禅
ぜん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
禪 (kyūjitai)

Shortened from 禅那 (zenna, “Zen meditation practice”), from Middle Chinese 禪那 (MC dzyen na), a transliteration of Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “profound meditation”).[1][2][3][4][5] Compare Pali jhāna.

Pronunciation

Noun

禅(ぜん) • (zen) 

  1. (Buddhism) dhyana-samadhi: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Synonyms: 禅定 (zenjō), 禅那 (zenna)
  2. (Buddhism) the disciplines and doctrine of Zen Buddhism
  3. Short for 座禅 (zazen): a sitting position in a Zen meditation

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

禅(ぜん) • (Zen) 

  1. (Buddhism) Short for 禅宗 (Zenshū): Zen Buddhism
  2. a surname

Descendants
  • → English: Zen
  • → French: zen
  • → German: Zen
  • → Spanish: Zen
  • → Thai: เซน (seen), เซ็น (sen)

References
  1. “禅”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. “禅”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. “禅”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014

Korean

Hanja

禅 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

  1. Zen
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