EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    dhyana (profound meditation)

    BuddhismAbbreviationsee 禅那see ぜんな

    禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。
    They say Zen cultivates our mind.
  2. Zen (Buddhism)

    Abbreviationsee 禅宗

Also written 禪【ぜん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Zen, silent meditation

Kun
しずかゆず.る
On
ゼンセン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1902 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 18

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4e9.2The Kanji Dictionary
3925.6, 3225.6Four corner code
655deroo
7985Unicode hex code
1-33-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3255Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4104New Nelson (John Haig)
1032New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1306Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
708Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
947Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1930Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2080Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1551A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1886Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1063Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24787PMorohashi
1502A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1540Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1642Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1580Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
589Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1426Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1949Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan4, chan2Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level