Kanji / JLPT N1

禅 Zen, silent meditation

The kanji 禅 means “Zen, silent meditation”. It is read ゼン, セン, しずか, ゆず.る. It is a JLPT N1 kanji.

How to read 禅?

Kun’yomi
しずか (shizuka), ゆず.る (yuzuru)
On’yomi
ゼン (zen), セン (sen)

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How to write 禅?

禅 is written in 13 strokes, in the order below.

Stroke order of the kanji 禅, numbered 1 to 13
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