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RTK / HeisigFrame #2080

Zen

Lv 44

Strokes: 13

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

Zen RTKZen Buddhism

Community Mnemonic

615 votes

Knowing zen’s emphasis on “nothingness,” it’s not hard to envision a zen altar being quite clean and simple.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

ぜん

Kun'yomi

None

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