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禪

chán

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

Strokes
16
Radical
示
HSK
—
Tone
2

Other readings: shàn

Simplified form: 禅

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 禅, the simplified form of 禪. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Words containing 禅

  • 禅杖chán zhàng 2–4 the staff of a Buddhist monk