禅問答

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禅	問	答
ぜん Grade: S	もん Grade: 3	とう > どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
禪問答 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 禅(ぜん) (zen) + 問答(もんどう) (mondō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんもんどー [zèńmóꜜǹdòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ndo̞ː]

Noun

禅(ぜん)問(もん)答(どう) • (zenmondō) ^{←ぜんもんだふ (zenmondafu)^?}

Zen riddle dialogue

See also

公安(こうあん) (kōan, “koan”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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