zafu definition'
Although zafu is often translated as sewn seat in American English, the meaning of the Japanese kanji, åº§è², is different. Za (åº§) means seat, and fu (è²) means reedmace or cattail (Typha spp.). A zafu is a seat stuffed with the fluffy, soft, downy fibres of the disintegrating reedmace seed heads. The Japanese zafu originates in China, where these meditation seats were originally filled with reedmace down.