The word is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —

• koan n. (Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like…
• koan n. A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to…
• kōan n. Alternative spelling of koan.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Hungarian
  • koan n. Koan.
• Japanese
  • kōan rom. Rōmaji transcription of こうあん.
  • Kōan rom. Rōmaji transcription of こうあん.
• Volapük
  • koan n. Shell, seashell.
• Yola
  • koan n. Alternative form of cooan.

— English words, defined in French —

• koan n. (Bouddhisme) Koan.
• koan n. Aporie.

— In German —

• Koan S. Kōan.
• Koan S. Kurze Schilderung in der Art eines zu lösenden Rätsels.
• Kōan S. Koan.
• Kōan S. Kurze Schilderung in der Art eines zu lösenden Rätsels.

— In French —

• koan n.m. (Bouddhisme) Question ou énigme absurde et aporétique posée…

35 English words from 8 English definitions

about Alternative and A␣story Buddhism form his inadequacy koan like logical master on␣the other other␣times provoke reasoning reflection riddle Rōmaji seashell Shell solution sometimes spelling story student the times transcription used used␣to with Zen Zen␣Buddhism

4 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Art der Kōan Question

11 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

absurde aporétique Aporie Bouddhisme eines énigme Kurze lösenden posée Rätsels Schilderung

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

koans kōans koanic koanlike

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Gipuzkoans

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Bikoan Gipuzkoan Lysenkoan Sanyakoan

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

koa

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AOK A-OK nao Nao NAO

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

kano Kano kaon KAON Kona NKAO Noak

69 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aknow Akron akton Amnok Ankou Anoka Banko Danko fakon Hanko hanok Hokan ikona Janko kalon kamon kango Kango Kanno Kanoé Kanoj kanon kanos Kanos kanzo kaona kaons Kason Keano koans kōans koban Kogan Kohan koina Koman konak Konat Konda konpa Konya Koran kowan koyan krona króna Manko Nakao Naoko Noack +19 words

31 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ano- AOK A-OK AON kan Kan Kan. Kao kno koa nak NAK nao Nao NAO nka NKA N'ko N'Ko noa Noa NoA NOA NOK oak OAK oka Oka Ona ONA Oña

26 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Coan doan Doan doan' eoan goan Goan Joan Kean khan Khan Kian klan Klan koas Koen Kohn Köln kran Kuan kwan Kwan loan moan roan -zoan

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

kan Kan Kan. koa

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

koban Kogan Kohan Koman Koran kowan koyan

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