禅

ぜん · zen · JLPT N3 · noun

zen

🧘 示 altar + 単 single: single-minded at the altar; dhyāna → chán → zen

The left part 礻 is the altar/spirit radical, used in religious kanji like 神 and 社. The word comes from Sanskrit dhyāna, meaning meditation. Chinese said it as chán, and Japanese made it zen.

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