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Enso - Japanese Zen Circle
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.
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
| Enso - Japanese Zen Circle | 〇 | en sou / ensou / en so / enso |
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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: (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 butsu / ぶつ |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (abbreviation) (See 仏陀・ぶっだ) Buddha; (2) (abbreviation) (See 仏教・ぶっきょう) Buddhism; (surname) Hotokesaki |
刀 see styles |
dāo / dao1 tao katana(p);tou / katana(p);to / かたな(P);とう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou sword |
剣 see styles |
jiàn / jian4 chien mayaka / まやか |
 More info & calligraphy: 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; (female given name) Mayaka |
周 see styles |
zhōu / zhou1 chou shuu / shu / しゅう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (2) {math} perimeter; (n-suf,ctr) (3) counter for laps or circuits; (female given name) Meguru Around, on every side, complete; to go around |
和 see styles |
huò / huo4 huo wa / わたる |
 More info & calligraphy: (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); lull; (given name) Wataru Harmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme; to be soft |
善 see styles |
shàn / shan4 shan zen / ぜん |
 More info & calligraphy: (ant: 悪・あく・1) good; goodness; right; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu su; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
天 see styles |
tiān / tian1 t`ien / tien ten(p);ame;ama / てん(P);あめ;あま |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) sky; (2) (てん only) heaven; (3) (てん only) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (4) (てん only) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (5) (てん only) sole of a Japanese sandal; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright; heaven |
広 see styles |
guǎng / guang3 kuang yutaka / ゆたか |
 More info & calligraphy: (given name) Yutaka |
律 see styles |
lǜ / lu:4 lü ritsu / りつ |
 More info & calligraphy: (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); (personal name) Ritsuji 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[de2] (1) virtue; (2) benevolence; (3) (See 得・とく・1) profit; benefit; advantage; (given name) Megumu |
李 see styles |
lǐ / li3 li byō / れい |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum; (female given name) Rei Plum; plum |
林 see styles |
lín / lin2 lin hayashi / はやし |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket; (2) bunch (of something); cluster; line; collection; (surname, female given name) Rin A grove, or wood; a band; forest; grove |
柿 see styles |
shì / shi4 shih kaki / こけら |
 More info & calligraphy: (irregular kanji usage) (1) chopped wood; wood chips; (2) (abbreviation) thin shingles; kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); (surname) Kokera persimmon |
梅 see styles |
méi / mei2 mei bai / めい |
 More info & calligraphy: (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); (surname) Mei The plum. |
梨 see styles |
lí / li2 li nashi(p);nashi / なし(P);ナシ |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear; (female given name) Rin The pear. |
楳 梅 see styles |
méi / mei2 mei umezaki / うめざき |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki |
榛 see styles |
zhēn / zhen1 chen hari;hagi / はり;はぎ |
 More info & calligraphy: (archaism) (See 榛の木) Japanese alder (Alnus japonica); (surname) Hashibami |
樺 桦 see styles |
huà / hua4 hua kanba / かんば |
 More info & calligraphy: (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) birch (esp. Japanese white birch); (surname) Kanba |
狆 see styles |
zhòng / zhong4 chung chin;chin / ちん;チン |
 More info & calligraphy: (kana only) Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin |
猿 see styles |
yuán / yuan2 yüan en / ませ |
 More info & calligraphy: (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 prostitute; (surname) Mase monkey |
禅 see styles |
yuzuru / ゆずる |  More info & calligraphy: |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn / shan4 shan zen / ゆずり |
 More info & calligraphy: (out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri 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: (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (surname, female given name) Ryou |
花 see styles |
huā / hua1 hua ke / りりか |
 More info & calligraphy: (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; (female given name) Ririka 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 |
xī / xi1 hsi akane;akane / あかね;アカネ |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (kana only) madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); (2) madder (red color); (surname, female given name) Sen |
薑 姜 see styles |
jiāng / jiang1 chiang kyō / はじかみ |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (archaism) ginger (Zingiber officinale); (2) Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum); (kana only) ginger (Zingiber officinale); (surname) Hajikami Ginger; ginger |
藤 see styles |
téng / teng2 t`eng / teng fuji(p);fuji / ふじ(P);フジ |
 More info & calligraphy: wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria; (personal name) Fujitsugu Creepers, canes; wisteria |
霊 see styles |
líng / ling2 ling rei / re / れい |
 More info & calligraphy: soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei |
駆 see styles |
qū / qu1 ch`ü / chü kakeru / かける |
 More info & calligraphy: (personal name) Kakeru |
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