禪 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chán, shàn

meditation

To pray 礻 alone 單; 單 also provides the pronunciation

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì

show

dān, shàn

single

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chán

meditation, contemplation (dhyana); to level ground for altar; abdicate; dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)

shàn

to abdicate

Most common words with 禪

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	禅	Zen
	口头禅	mantra
	禅师	honorific title for a Buddhist monk
	禅宗	Zen Buddhism
	班禅	Panchen (Lama)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[d]ar-s	dzyenH	shàn	hand over to another

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5217% of movies

3092nd most common character in movies

2196th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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