The characteristics of sangarado in Zen sect style are working with delicate forms such as putting transom of thin kumiko or hanazama (a latticework panel with a flower pattern attached to the muntins or a type of foliate panel with a flower pattern) on the upper side and setting karado for crosspieces.
禅宗様の桟唐戸は、上部に細い組子の欄間や花狭間を入れ、桟に唐戸面をとるなど、優美な細工を施しているのが特徴である。