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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

禪

Readings

Kana: ゼン、セン、しずか、ゆず.る
Romaji: zen, sen, shizuka, yuzu.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

Zen Buddhism, silent meditation

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  113
Frequency: 
Grade:  10
Skip Pattern:  1-5-12
Korean Reading:  seon
Chinese Reading:  shan4
Unicode:  79aa
JIS:  6338

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1245
Nelson Index: 3257
New Nelson Index: 4110
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e9.2
Four Corner Index: 3625.6
Japanese Names Index: 2627
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24835
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0498
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1149
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1589

Words

禅 (ぜん)
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
五門禅 (ごもんぜん)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
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