Kanji
禅
N1
13 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1902
Zen, silent meditation
On'yomi (音読み)
ゼン、 セン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
しずか、 ゆず.る
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
禅
ぜん
dhyana (profound meditation)
禅寺
ぜんでら
Zen temple
座禅
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
禅譲
ぜんじょう
abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir)
禅問答
ぜんもんどう
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
禅法
ぜんぽう
method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism
筆禅道
ひつぜんどう
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)
吹禅
すいぜん
Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi)
Example sentences
禅（ぜん）は私（わたし）たちの心（こころ）を鍛（たん）練（ね）するといわれる。
They say Zen cultivates our mind.