chán, shàn
meditation
To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 禅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Zen | ||
mantra | ||
honorific title for a Buddhist monk | ||
Zen Buddhism | ||
Panchen (Lama) |
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
Strokes | 12 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7985 |
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