不立文字

Readings

Kana: ふりゅうもんじ、ふりつもんじ
Romaji: furyūmonji, furitsumonji
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village