Kanji 禅 Words: Meanings and Readings

禪

ぜん

Zen (Buddhism)

坐禅

ざぜん

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

禅宗

ぜんしゅう

Zen (Buddhism)

禅僧

ぜんそう

Zen priest

禅問答

ぜんもんどう

Zen dialogue

禅寺

ぜんでら

Zen temple

友禅染

ゆうぜんぞめ

type of dyeing method or pattern

禅譲

ぜんじょう

abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir)

蝦夷禅庭花

えぞぜんていか

day lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri)

京友禅

きょうゆうぜん

Kyoyuzen dyeing

五門禅

ごもんぜん

five approaches to meditation

座禅草

ざぜんそう

eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

参禅

さんぜん

Zen meditation

吹禅

すいぜん

Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi)

生禅

なまぜん

self-styled Zen philosophy

禅院

ぜんいん

Zen temple

禅家

ぜんけ

Zen

禅画

ぜんが

Zen painting

禅学

ぜんがく

Zen studies

禅語

ぜんご

Zen terminology

禅師

ぜんし

monk

禅室

ぜんしつ

Zen monk's quarters

禅宗様

ぜんしゅうよう

traditional Zen-style architecture

禅浄

ぜんじょう

Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism

禅智

ぜんち

wisdom and meditation

禅定

ぜんじょう

ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō)

禅堂

ぜんどう

zendo (Zen meditation hall)

禅道

ぜんどう

Zen ascetic practices

禅那

ぜんな

dhyana (profound meditation)

禅尼

ぜんに

Zen nun

禅法

ぜんぼう

method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration

禅坊主

ぜんぼうず

Zen monk

禅味

ぜんみ

the flavor of Zen

禅門

ぜんもん

Zen

禅林

ぜんりん

Zen temple

禅話

ぜんわ

Zen talk

禅刹

ぜんさつ

Zen temple

祖師禅

そしぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma

曹洞禅

そうとうぜん

Soto Zen

如来禅

にょらいぜん

Zen Buddhism based on the original teachings of Buddha

筆禅道

ひつぜんどう

Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)

封禅

ほうぜん

ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual

野狐禅

やこぜん

self-styled Zen philosophy

友禅

ゆうぜん

type of dyeing method or pattern

友禅菊

ゆうぜんぎく

Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)