• Source: Zenji (given name)

Zenji is a masculine Japanese name.




Orthography and meaning


The given name Zenji is written with various combinations of two kanji, the first read zen and the second ji (including cases where the kanji is originally read as si or chi but becomes ji due to the rendaku rule of Japanese phonology). The zen used in all the names listed below (善) means "goodness".
Separately, Zenji (禅師) is a title for Zen masters, placed after their mononymous dharma name. In such cases (for example, Dōgen Zenji), it is neither a given name nor surname.




People


Iwamoto Zenji (厳本 善治, 1863 – 1942), Japanese advocate of women's education
Zenji Okuzawa (奥沢 善二, born 1937), Japanese middle-distance runner




Fictional characters


Zenji Marui (丸井 善二), a character from Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Zenji (given name)
• Dōgen
• Meanings of minor-planet names: 11001–12000
• Yunmen Wenyan
• Houn Jiyu-Kennett
• Puhua
• Myokyo-ni
• Zen master
• Komusō
• Meanings of minor-planet names: 15001–16000