Question

禅 しずか、ゆず.る 禅(ぜん): (1) dhyana (profound meditation) (2) Zen (Buddhism) S 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display単: simple; one; single; merely 示 5 禪 Zen Simple-minded blond girl (see frame 1928) is very good at Zen, which isn´t surprising since she doesn´t think much. She has this bad habit of meditating perched on the main temple altar, which infuriates the Zen buddhists. When they get up to her and tell her rudely to step down the altar, she just smiles and teases them : "Not very zen are you ?". Who would have thought simple-minded blond girl would teach the Zen buddhists a lesson !

Accepted Answer

ゼン、セン Zen, silent meditation 1 1902 13 113 しめす・しめすへん 形声 Phonetic Knowing ZEN’s emphasis on “nothingness,” it’s not hard to envision a ZEN ALTAR being quite clean and SIMPLE.

Kanji	禅
Onyomi	ゼン、セン
Kunyomi	しずか、ゆず.る
English	Zen, silent meditation
Examples	禅(ぜん): (1) dhyana (profound meditation) (2) Zen (Buddhism)
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1902
Components	示: show; indicate; point out; express; display 単: simple; one; single; merely
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	示
Radical Number	113
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	しめす・しめすへん
Traditional Form	禪
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	Zen
Koohii Story 1	Knowing ZEN’s emphasis on “nothingness,” it’s not hard to envision a ZEN ALTAR being quite clean and SIMPLE.
Koohii Story 2	Simple-minded blond girl (see frame 1928) is very good at Zen, which isn´t surprising since she doesn´t think much. She has this bad habit of meditating perched on the main temple altar, which infuriates the Zen buddhists. When they get up to her and tell her rudely to step down the altar, she just smiles and teases them : "Not very zen are you ?". Who would have thought simple-minded blond girl would teach the Zen buddhists a lesson !

Zen Simple Minded Blond Girl Altar 禅 ゼン、セン しずか、ゆず.る

Zen Simple Minded Blond Girl Altar 禅ゼン、センしずか、ゆず.る