Zen
[zɛn]Meaning
Japanese form of Chan, a Mahayana Buddhist tradition
Background Story
Zen is the Japanese form of Chan, the Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty. User-submitted entries record it as a given name in Japanese and Venetian, both masculine, and in English, where it is used for either gender.
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