禅宗

See also: 禪宗

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 禅宗 – see 禪宗 (“Zen Buddhism”).
(This term, 禅宗, is the simplified form of 禪宗.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
禅 宗
ぜん
Grade: S		 しゅう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 禪宗 (d͡ʑiᴇn t͡suoŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

禅宗 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 禪宗, hiragana ぜんしゅう, rōmaji zenshū)

  1. (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism

Synonyms
  • 禅 (ぜん) (zen), 仏 (ぶっ)心 (しん)宗 (しゅう) (busshinshū), 禅 (ぜん)門 (もん) (zenmon)

Derived terms
  • 禅 (ぜん)宗 (しゅう)様 (よう) (zenshūyō)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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