ぜん
禅
そう
僧

noun

  1. Zen priest.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぜん
禅
そう
僧
 禅僧 ぜんそう ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Zen, silent meditation
ゼン　しずか　ゆず.る (Early High School, N1)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
シ
simple, one, single
タン　ひとえ (4th, N3)
fasten, halt, stop
リュウ　ル　と.める (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
Buddhist priest, monk
ソウ (Early Jr. High, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
formerly, once, before
ソ　ソウ　かつ (Late High School)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)