座禅

See also: 坐禅 and 坐禪

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座禅

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Wikipedia

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

Alternative spellings
坐禪 (kyūjitai) 坐禅

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC dzwaX dzyen). (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)?}

1. (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)
• 水(ミズ)座(ザ)禅(ゼン) (mizuzazen)

See also

• 座(ざ)参(さん) (zasan)
• 禅(ぜん) (zen)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN