How many syllables in Zen?

There is 1 syllable in the word Zen.

How to pronounce Zen:

Zen (noun):: a japanese sect of mahayana buddhism that aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation

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zen buddhism

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uncollected

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The coda is the part of a syllable that follows the nucleus and can be a single consonant or a consonant cluster.

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