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Enso - Japanese Zen Circle in Japanese...
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en sou
〇 is the famous Enso symbol, which you will see widely-used by Japanese Zen Buddhists.
In a twist, I am starting to see Enso used more and more by Chinese Buddhists.
Here is the typical appearance of Enso artwork by Japanese calligrapher Kougetsu.
Enso is not a Japanese Kanji character. It falls more into the category of a symbol. There is some debate, but many consider Enso to be a religious symbol.
Some call this "The Circle of Enlightenment." Others call it the "Infinity Circle." If you actually took the meanings of the two Kanji (円相) that make up the word "En-so," you could read it as "Mutual Circle" or "Circle of Togetherness." I think the Enso symbol can simply mean different things to different people. Therefore, you should let it have the meaning that you perceive.
The appearance of your Enso will be determined by the artist's personal style, feeling, mood, etc.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
〇 see styles |
 líng / ling2 ling maru / まる |
 More info & calligraphy: zero (1) circle (sometimes used for zero); (2) 'correct' (when marking); (3) symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); (4) period; full stop; (5) maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound |
仏 see styles |
fó / fo2 fo hotoke / ほとけ |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 佛 (1) Buddha; merciful person; Buddhist image; (2) the dead; dead person; spirit of the dead |
剣 see styles |
jiàn / jian4 chien mayaka / まやか |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 劍|剑 sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) bayonet; (3) swordsmanship; (4) stinger; ovipositor; dart |
周 see styles |
zhōu / zhou1 chou shuu / shu / しゅう |
 More info & calligraphy: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially (1) Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (2) {math} perimeter; (n-suf,ctr) (3) counter for laps or circuitsAround, on every side, complete; to go around |
和 see styles |
huò / huo4 huo wataru / わたる |
 More info & calligraphy: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs (1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial; (adj-nari) (archaism) tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; calm (at sea); lullHarmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme; to be soft |
善 see styles |
shàn / shan4 shan zen / ぜん |
 More info & calligraphy: good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at something; to improve or perfect (ant: 悪・あく) good; goodness; right; virtuesu; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
広 see styles |
guǎng / guang3 kuang yutaka / ゆたか |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 廣|广 |
律 see styles |
lǜ / lu:4 lü ritsu / りつ |
 More info & calligraphy: law (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) {Buddh} vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbreviation) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbreviation) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律,呂・2) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbreviation) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do); (n,n-suf,ctr) (8) (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)vinaya, from vi-ni, to 1ead, train: discipline: v. 毘奈耶; other names are Prātimokṣa, śīla, and upalakṣa. The discipline, or monastic rules; one of the three divisions of the Canon, or Tripiṭaka, and said to have been compiled by Upāli. |
徳 see styles |
dé / de2 te toku / とく |
Japanese variant of 德 (1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage |
李 see styles |
lǐ / li3 li rei / re / れい |
 More info & calligraphy: plum (kana only) Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plumPlum. |
林 see styles |
lín / lin2 lin hayashi / はやし |
 More info & calligraphy: woods; forest; CL:片[pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things) (1) woods; forest; copse; thicket; (2) bunch; line (of something); collectionA grove, or wood; a band; forest; grove |
柿 see styles |
shì / shi4 shih kokera / こけら |
 More info & calligraphy: persimmon (irregular kanji usage) (1) chopped wood; wood chips; (2) (abbreviation) thin shingles; kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)persimmon |
梅 see styles |
méi / mei2 mei mei / me / めい |
 More info & calligraphy: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)The plum. |
梨 see styles |
lí / li2 li nashi(p);nashi / なし(P);ナシ |
 More info & calligraphy: pear; CL:個|个[ge4] (kana only) nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pearThe pear. |
楳 梅 see styles |
méi / mei2 mei umezaki / うめざき |
 More info & calligraphy: variant of 梅[mei2] (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
榛 see styles |
zhēn / zhen1 chen hari;hagi / はり;はぎ |
 More info & calligraphy: hazel tree; Corylus heterophylla (archaism) (See 榛の木) Japanese alder (Alnus japonica) |
樺 桦 see styles |
huà / hua4 hua kanba / かんば |
 More info & calligraphy: birch tree; Betula japonica (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) birch (esp. Japanese white birch) |
狆 see styles |
zhòng / zhong4 chung chin;chin / ちん;チン |
 More info & calligraphy: Pekingese (kana only) Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin |
猿 see styles |
yuán / yuan2 yüan mase / ませ |
 More info & calligraphy: ape (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (1) (kana only) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; (2) (derogatory term) sly person; (3) (derogatory term) idiot; hick; (4) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (5) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (6) (archaism) bathhouse prostitutemonkey |
禅 see styles |
yuzuru / ゆずる |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism) |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn / shan4 shan yuzuri / ゆずり |
 More info & calligraphy: to abdicate (out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism)To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
竜 see styles |
lóng / long2 lung ryou / ryo / りょう |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 龍|龙 (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology |
花 see styles |
huā / hua1 hua ririka / りりか |
 More info & calligraphy: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful (1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit. |
茜 see styles |
qiàn / qian4 ch`ien / chien akane;akane / あかね;アカネ |
 More info & calligraphy: Rubia cordifolia; Indian madder; munjeet (1) (kana only) madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); (2) madder (red color) |
華 华 see styles |
huá / hua2 hua ririka / りりか |
 More info & calligraphy: magnificent; splendid; flowery (1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) bestkusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China. |
薑 姜 see styles |
jiāng / jiang1 chiang hajikami / はじかみ |
 More info & calligraphy: ginger (1) (archaism) ginger (Zingiber officinale); (2) Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum); (kana only) ginger (Zingiber officinale)Ginger. |
藤 see styles |
téng / teng2 t`eng / teng fuji(p);fuji / ふじ(P);フジ |
 More info & calligraphy: rattan; cane; vine wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistariaCreepers, canes; wisteria |
霊 see styles |
líng / ling2 ling rei / re / れい |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 靈|灵 soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost |
駆 see styles |
qū / qu1 ch`ü / chü kakeru / かける |
 More info & calligraphy: Japanese variant of 驅|驱; to gallop |
鶉 鹑 see styles |
chún / chun2 ch`un / chun uzura;uzura / うずら;ウズラ |
 More info & calligraphy: quail (1) (kana only) quail; (2) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) |
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