禅 Zen, silent meditation 13 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1902 in newspapers Readings Onゼン、セン Kunしずか、ゆず.る In Chinese 禅, traditional 禪 Words written with it 禅 ぜん dhyana (profound meditation) N1 禅寺 ぜんでら Zen temple 座禅 ざぜん zazen (seated Zen meditation 禅宗 ぜんしゅう Zen (Buddhism) 友禅染 ゆうぜんぞめ type of dyeing method or pattern 禅僧 ぜんそう Zen priest 禅譲 ぜんじょう abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in… 禅問答 ぜんもんどう Zen dialogue