koan

Meaning of koan

noun
  1. A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
  2. A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.

Information about koan

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of koan is: koans.
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Hyphenation of koan

koan

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • koan is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of koan

Kano, Kaon, kaon, Kona, kona, nako, Noak

Words that rhyme with koan

Sanyakoan

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