参禅

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 参禅 – see 參禪 (“to practise meditation”).
(This term is the simplified form of 參禪).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
参 禅
さん
Grade: 4 		ぜん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
參禪 (kyūjitai)

Noun

参(さん)禅(ぜん) • (sanzen) 

  1. Zen meditation
  2. meditative consultation with the head abbot

Verb

参(さん)禅(ぜん)する • (sanzen suru) suru (stem 参(さん)禅(ぜん)し (sanzen shi), past 参(さん)禅(ぜん)した (sanzen shita))

  1. to do Zen meditation
  2. to consult with the head abbot

Conjugation

Conjugation of "参禅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 参禅し さんぜんし sanzen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 参禅し さんぜんし sanzen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 参禅する さんぜんする sanzen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 参禅する さんぜんする sanzen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 参禅すれ さんぜんすれ sanzen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 参禅せよ¹
参禅しろ² 		さんぜんせよ¹
さんぜんしろ² 		sanzen seyo¹
sanzen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 参禅される さんぜんされる sanzen sareru
Causative 参禅させる
参禅さす 		さんぜんさせる
さんぜんさす 		sanzen saseru
sanzen sasu
Potential 参禅できる さんぜんできる sanzen dekiru
Volitional 参禅しよう さんぜんしよう sanzen shiyō
Negative 参禅しない さんぜんしない sanzen shinai
Negative continuative 参禅せず さんぜんせず sanzen sezu
Formal 参禅します さんぜんします sanzen shimasu
Perfective 参禅した さんぜんした sanzen shita
Conjunctive 参禅して さんぜんして sanzen shite
Hypothetical conditional 参禅すれば さんぜんすれば sanzen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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