禅

Zen

Also: Silent Meditation, Meditation

On'yomi

  • ぜん zen
  • せん sen

Kun'yomi

  • しずか shizuka
  • ゆず yuzu
Stroke count
13
Radical
示 spirit · Kangxi radical 113
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

禅 has 13 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 示 (spirit), number 113. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji