禅

禅 — Zen, silent meditation

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 13
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1902 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぜん zen

せん sen
Kun'yomi: しずか shizuka

ゆず.る yuzu.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 禅

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

禅ぜん dhyana (profound meditation) JLPT N3