Memory phrase for the Kanji: 禅


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Meaning Zen meditation

Pronunciation

ZEN

Explanation

Left: to show altar 示/礻, right: merely, simply 単 (It shines the sun 日 in the group of ten 十 [= with the 9 planets] as the mere single.)

Mnemonic


 
You are at the altar simply/merely (yourself) during: Zen meditation.

Radicals

to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
simply, merelyIt shines the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets, including Pluto] as the mere single.
sun beams
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 Vocabulary

ぜん  Zen (Buddhism)

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