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Kanji禅
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禅

禅 in Japanese names

Zen, silent meditation

Strokes13
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
KANJIDIC grade8
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,902This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows66
Distinct written forms58
Given-name readings42
Surname readings12

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
ゼンセン
Kun readings
しずかゆず.る
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 禅

Zensilent meditation

These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 禅 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 禅 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names30 written forms
1 character1
2 characters28
3 characters1
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 禅 within the main given names corpus.

Surnames5 written forms
1 character1
2 characters4
3 characters0
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 禅 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
禅しずかShizuka144
禅しづかShizuka144
琢禅たかよしTakayoshi132
禅さとりSatori51
禅ゆずるYuzuru24
禅之介ぜんのすけZennosuke17
禅二ぜんじZenji15
禅師ぜんじZenji15
禅路ぜんじZenji15
禅里ゆずりYuzuri13
弘禅こうぜんKōzen8
太禅たいぜんTaizen6

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

6 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
禅ぜんZen8
禅正ぜんしょうZenshō5
禅ゆずりYuzuri4
禅洲さとしSatoshi4
興禅こうぜんKōzen4
禅野ぜんのZenno3

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 禅 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names34 source rows
One-character form4
First character12
Final character18
Internal position0

30 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames6 source rows
One-character form2
First character3
Final character1
Internal position0

5 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 禅

These characters occur with 禅 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 禅

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

Given names using 禅

18 reading groups shown
Given-name reading
禅二

Zenji

ぜんじ

3 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
太禅

Taizen

たいぜん

3 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
剣禅

Kenzen

けんぜん

2 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
亮禅

Ryōzen

りょうぜん

2 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
宗禅

Shūzen

しゅうぜん

2 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅戒

Zenkai

ぜんかい

2 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅梁

Zenryō

ぜんりょう

2 recorded spellings using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅

Shizuka

しずか

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
琢禅

Takayoshi

たかよし

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅

Satori

さとり

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅

Yuzuru

ゆずる

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅之介

Zennosuke

ぜんのすけ

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
禅里

Yuzuri

ゆずり

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
弘禅

Kōzen

こうぜん

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
有禅

Yūzen

ゆうぜん

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
真禅

Shinzen

しんぜん

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
美禅

Bizen

びぜん

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
Given-name reading
頴禅

Eizen

えいぜん

1 recorded spelling using 禅 · Explore →
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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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