てん
恬
たん
淡
きょ
虚
む
無

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の, 'taru' adjective, adverb taking the と particle, noun

Archaism.
  1. rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
てん
恬
たん
淡
きょ
虚
む
無
 恬淡虚無 てんたんきょむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

composure
テン　やすら.く　やす.い (Kentei 1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
tongue, reed, clapper
した　ゼツ (6th, N1)
thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
thin, faint, pale
あわ.い　タン (Early Jr. High, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
inflammation, flame, blaze
ほのお　エン　ぬく (Late Jr. High, N1)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
void, emptiness, unpreparedness
キョ　むな.しい　コ (Late Jr. High, N1)
tiger spots, mottled, tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
コ (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
business, (業 variant)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム　ブ　な.い (4th)
person, (人 variant)
40, forty
シュウ　よんじゅう　しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ