화두
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Meanings
Noun
1. topic of discussion
2. koan (Zen Buddhism)
3. head of a wildfire (the direction it is spreading the fastest in)
4. synonym of 다리미 (darimi, “clothing iron”) (uncommon)
Pronunciation
hwadu
Examples5
He first gave me the koan of "What is 'this'?", and after that, the koan of Mu by Master Zhaozhou.
It spread at a rate of approximately 0.13km per hour towards the head, and approximately 0.05km per hour on the flanks.
Electric cars are emerging as a society-wide topic of discussion.
He first gave me the koan of "What is this?", and after that, the koan of Mu by Master Zhaozhou.
Controversy is expected after the argument has been raised that "What is this?", one of the koans which are meditated on by many monks, is not actually a koan.