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禪
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禅
🇨🇳

meditation

HSK 10
Society →Religion
shàn
ゼン、セン
しずか、ゆず.る
선
To pray 礻 alone 單; 單 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (禪)
礻 spirit+ 單 list =
禪 meditation
礻 Meaning component
shì spirit
cult
單 Meaning component
list
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Simplified (禅)
礻 spirit+ 单 single =
禅 meditation
礻 Meaning component
shì spirit
cult
单 Meaning component
dān single
single, individual, only
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Notes
Similar Characters
礼 ceremony (jp)社 company祀 sacrifice祁 numerous祆 Ormazda祇 the spirit of the earth祈 supplicate祉 blessings祎 excellent (simp)祓 exorcise祕 confidential (trad)祖 ancestor祗 look祚 throne祛 disperse祜 blessing神 gods祠 ancestral temple祢 one's deceased father (simp)祥 propitious
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
禅 / 禪 [chán]
dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
禅 / 禪 [shàn]
to abdicate
Japanese
禅 、 禪 (old) ぜん 同音

noun

  1. Buddhism abbrev. dhyana (profound meditation)
  2. abbrev. Zen (Buddhism)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
禅は私たちの心を鍛練するといわれる。
They say Zen cultivates our mind.
Japanese Names
禪 ぜん
Zen unclassified name
禪 ゆずり
Yuzuri surname
CHINESE WORDS (26)
口头禅 [kǒu​tóu​chán] #15,550
Zen saying repeated as cant
禅师 [chán​shī] #38,919
honorific title for a Buddhist monk
禅宗 [Chán​zōng] #25,788
Zen Buddhism
班禅 [Bān​chán] #28,537
Panchen (Lama)
禅城区 [Chán​chéng​qū] #36,191
Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong
坐禅 [zuò​chán] #53,602
to sit in meditation
禅杖 [chán​zhàng] #42,484
the staff of a Buddhist monk
禅城 [Chán​chéng] #43,297
see 禪城區|禅城区[Chán​chéng​qū]
禅房 [chán​fáng] #45,576
a room in a Buddhist monastery
禅让 [shàn​ràng] #49,563
to abdicate
16 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
五門禅 [ごもんぜん]
five approaches to meditation
KOREAN WORDS (2)
좌선
seated meditation
참선
Zen meditation; zazen