座禅

See also: 坐禅 and 坐禪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座	禅
ざ Grade: 6	ぜん Grade: S
goon

Alternative spellings
座禪 (kyūjitai) 坐禅

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC d͡zuɑ^X d͡ʑiᴇn). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

座 is a daiyōji replacing 坐.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざぜん [zàzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) ざぜん [zàzéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

座(ざ)禅(ぜん) • (zazen) ^{←ざぜん (zazen)^?}

(Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism

Derived terms

Derived terms

座(ざ)禅(ぜん)石(せき) (zazenseki)
座(ザ)禅(ゼン)草(ソウ) (zazensō)
座(ざ)禅(ぜん)衾(ぶすま) (zazen-busuma)
座(ざ)禅(ぜん)豆(まめ) (zazen mame)
座(ざ)禅(ぜん)和(わ)讃(さん) (zazen wasan)
三(さん)時(じ)座(ざ)禅(ぜん) (sanji zazen)
四(し)時(じ)座(ざ)禅(ぜん) (shiji zazen)
身(み)替(がわり)座(ざ)禅(ぜん) (migawari zazen)
座(ミズ)坐(ザ)禅(ゼン) (mizuzazen)

See also

座(ざ)参(さん) (zasan)
禅(ぜん) (zen)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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