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Enso - Zen Circle in Chinese / 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 |
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; surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) (1) Zhou (dynasty of China); Chou; (2) {math} perimeter; (n-suf,ctr) (3) counter for laps or circuits; (female given name) Meguru; (female given name) Meguri; (given name) Makoto; (personal name) Hiroshi; (personal name) Tsukashi; (given name) Chikashi; (female given name) Chika; (surname) Suzaki; (surname) Susaki; (personal name) Juu; (surname) Shiyu; (given name) Shuutei; (personal name) Shuuji; (personal name) Shuukichi; (given name) Shuuki; (surname, given name) Shuu; (surname) Shu; (surname) Kane; (personal name) Osamu; (given name) Itaru; (surname, female given name) AmaneAround, on every side, complete; to go around |
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; virtue; (personal name) Yoshikatsu; (given name) Yoshiaki; (given name) Yoshi; (personal name) Tadashi; (given name) Zen'you; (personal name) Zenji; (surname, given name) Zensu; sādhu; bhadra; kuśala. Good, virtuous, well; good at; skilful. |
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); surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi (1) woods; forest; copse; thicket; (2) bunch; line (of something); collection; (surname, female given name) Rin; (surname) Rimu; (surname) Ri; (female given name) Ramu; (surname) Yau; (surname) Hayashitaka; (surname) Hayashizaki; (surname) Hayashisaki; (p,s,f) Hayashi; (surname, given name) Shigeru; (surname) Shige; (surname) Kuwamatsu; (surname) Kuwabara; (surname) Kuwabayashi; (surname) Kuwaza; (surname) Imu; (female given name) AtsumiA grove, or wood; a band; forest; grove |
禅 see styles |
yuzuru / ゆずる yuzuri / ゆずり zen / ぜん shizuka / しづか satori / しずか |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (female given name) Yuzuru; (surname) Yuzuri; (surname) Zen; (female given name) Shidzuka; (female given name) Shizuka; (female given name) Satori |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn // chán / shan4 // chan2 shan // ch`an / shan // chan yuzuri / ゆずり zen / ぜん |
 More info & calligraphy: to abdicate; dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism) (out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri; (personal name) ZenTo 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. |
鄭 郑 see styles |
zhèng / zheng4 cheng tei / te / てい teぃ / てぃ te / て tsun / つん chiyon / ぢよん chon / ちよん chou / cho / ちょん chun / ちょう chuu / chu / ちゅん chien / ちゅう zen / ちえん jiyon / ぜん jon / じよん jou / jo / じょん jun / じょう i / じゅん |
 More info & calligraphy: Zheng state during the Warring States period; surname Zheng; abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1] (surname) Tei; (personal name) Ti; (surname) Te; (surname) Tsun; (surname) Dziyon; (surname) Chiyon; (surname) Chon; (surname) Chou; (surname) Chun; (surname) Chuu; (surname) Chien; (surname) Zen; (surname) Jiyon; (surname) Jon; (surname) Jou; (personal name) Jun; (surname) I |
世界 see styles |
shì jiè / shi4 jie4 shih chieh sekai / せかい |
 More info & calligraphy: world; CL:個|个[ge4] (1) the world; society; the universe; (2) sphere; circle; world; (can be adjective with の) (3) renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; (4) {Buddh} (original meaning) realm governed by one Buddha; space; (surname, female given name) SekaiLoka 世間; the finite world, the world, a world, which is of two kinds: (1) 衆生世界 that of the living, who are receiving their 正報 correct recompense or karma; (2) 器世界 that of the material, or that on which karma depends for expression. By the living is meant 有情 the sentient. |
公案 see styles |
gōng àn / gong1 an4 kung an kouan / koan / こうあん |
 More info & calligraphy: judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism) Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koanJ. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination; public case |
内内 see styles |
nainai / ないない uchiuchi / うちうち |
(adj-no,adv,n) family circle; the inside; private; informal; secret; confidential |
参禅 see styles |
sanzen / さんぜん |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun/participle) Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot |
參禪 参禅 see styles |
cān chán / can1 chan2 ts`an ch`an / tsan chan noshi wo ri |
 More info & calligraphy: to practice Chan Buddhist meditation; to practice Zen meditation; to sit in meditationTo inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction; to thoroughly penetrate with meditative insight |
坐禅 see styles |
zazen / ざぜん |
(Buddhist term) zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) |
心印 see styles |
xīn yìn / xin1 yin4 hsin yin shinnin |
 More info & calligraphy: |
禅宗 see styles |
zenshuu / zenshu / ぜんしゅう |
 More info & calligraphy: Zen (Buddhism) |
禅道 see styles |
zendou / zendo / ぜんどう |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; (2) Zen teachings; Zen |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng / chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung / chan tsung Zenshū |
 More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門; meditation school |
老師 老师 see styles |
lǎo shī / lao3 shi1 lao shih roushi / roshi / ろうし |
 More info & calligraphy: teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] old priest; sage; (Zen) teacherold master |
見性 见性 see styles |
jiàn xìng / jian4 xing4 chien hsing kenshou / kensho / けんしょう |
 More info & calligraphy: self-awareness; consciousness of one's own characterTo behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School; to see the (buddha-)nature |
道元 see styles |
dào yuán / dao4 yuan2 tao yüan michimoto / みちもと dougen / dogen / どうげん |
 More info & calligraphy: (surname) Michimoto; (person) Dogen (Zen monk) (1200-1253)The beginning of right doctrine, i.e. faith; the origin of the way |
道場 道场 see styles |
dào chǎng / dao4 chang3 tao ch`ang / tao chang doujou / dojo / どうじょう |
 More info & calligraphy: Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] (1) dojo (hall used for martial arts training); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba; (place-name, surname) Douba; (place-name, surname) Doujou; (surname) ToubaTruth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion; site of enlightenment |
風輪 see styles |
fēng lún / feng1 lun2 feng lun |
 More info & calligraphy: |
○ see styles |
líng / ling2 ling maru / まる |
character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English); variant of 〇[ling2] (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 |
◎ see styles |
nijuumaru / nijumaru / にじゅうまる |
double circle; 'good work' (equiv. of silver star awarded to children at school) |
兜 see styles |
dōu / dou1 tou kabuto / かぶと |
pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece; (place-name, surname) Kabuto Helmet, hood; pocket, bag; translit. tu. |
全 see styles |
quán / quan2 ch`üan / chüan zen / ぜん |
all; whole; entire; every; complete; surname Quan (1) all; whole; entire; complete; overall; (prefix) (2) pan-; omni-; toti-; (male given name) Matoshi; (surname) Mattaku; (female given name) Masa; (surname) Chiyon; (surname) Chon; (surname) Chien; (given name) Tamotsu; (personal name) Zenji; (surname) Zen; (surname) Se; (surname) Jon; (personal name) Jan; (given name) Akira All, whole, complete. |
円 see styles |
yuán / yuan2 yüan meguru / めぐる mitsu / みつ maroshi / まろし maroka / まろか maru / まる madoka / まどか nodoka / のどか tsubura / つぶら en / えん |
yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆 (1) circle; (n,n-pref) (2) entirety; whole; full; complete; (3) (slang) money; dough; moola; (4) enclosure inside a castle's walls; (5) (ksb:) soft-shelled turtle; (suffix) (6) suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.; (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (female given name) Meguru; (female given name) Mitsu; (given name) Maroshi; (female given name) Maroka; (surname, given name) Maru; (surname, female given name) Madoka; (female given name) Nodoka; (surname, female given name) Tsubura; (surname, female given name) En |
冉 see styles |
rǎn / ran3 jan zen / ぜん |
edge of a tortoiseshell; see 冉冉[ran3 ran3]; surname Ran (surname) Zen |
前 see styles |
qián / qian2 ch`ien / chien mae / まえ zen / ぜん |
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly (n-adv,n-t,suf) (1) (See 前・ぜん・3) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); (2) in front (of); before (e.g. the house); (3) head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; (4) in the presence of; (5) (See 人前・にんまえ) helping; portion; (6) privates; private parts; (prefix noun) (1) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern"); (adj-no,n) (3) (See 前・まえ・1) before; earlier; (personal name) Misaki; (surname) Maehama; (surname) Maezaki; (surname) Maesaki; (surname) Mae; (surname) Zen; (surname) Sen; (surname) Susume; (surname) Susumu; (surname, given name) Saki pūrva. Before; former, previous; in front. |
喝 see styles |
hè // hē / he4 // he1 ho katsu / かつ |
to shout loudly; to drink; My goodness! (interjection) (1) exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); (2) scolding or threatening with a shout To shout, bawl, call, scold; to drink; exclamatory shout |
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