かん
じゃく
たん

noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. esthetic sense in Japanese art emphasizing quiet simplicity and subdued refinement.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
じゃく
たん
閑寂枯淡 かんじゃくこたん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

leisure
カン が より (9th, N1)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
loneliness, quietly, mellow
さび ジャク セキ (7th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
uncle, youth
シュク よし (9th, N1)
younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband
シュク まめ
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
wither, die, dry up
か.れる コ (7th, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
thin, faint, pale
あわ.い タン (7th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
inflammation, flame, blaze
ほのお エン ぬく (8th, N1)
fire
ひ カ ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)