坐禪

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See also: 坐禅 and 座禅

Chinese

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)
abdicate; meditation; abstraction
abdicate; meditation; abstraction; (Zen) Buddhism
 
trad. (坐禪)
simp. (坐禅)

Pronunciation


Verb

坐禪

  1. (Buddhism) to sit in meditation

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (坐禪):
  • Japanese: ()(ぜん) (zazen)
  • Korean: 좌선(坐禪) (jwaseon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
ぜん
Jinmeiyō
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 坐禪 – see the following entry.
座禅ざぜん
(Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism
Alternative spelling
坐禅
(This term, 坐禪, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (坐禅) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

坐禪 (jwaseon) (hangeul 좌선)

  1. hanja form? of 좌선