じょ

noun

  1. Buddhist term.dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration).
  2. ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō).
  3. mountain top.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょ
禅定 ぜんじょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

Zen, silent meditation
ゼン しずか ゆず.る (9th, N1)
cult, showing radical (no. 113)
simple, one, single
タン ひとえ (4th, N3)
fasten, halt, stop
リュウ ル と.める (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
determine, fix, establish
テイ ジョウ さだ.める (3rd, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
correct, justice, righteous
セイ ショウ ただし (1st, N4)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)