"禅" Chinese-English Dictionary

禅 chán

Traditional: 禪
Radical: 示 (5 traits)
Number of strokes: 13
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: IFCWJ 戈火金田十
Sijiao: 3925.6
Wubi: PYUF
GB 2312: ECF8
Unicode: U+7985

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
禅禪	chán	dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)	syn
禅禪	shàn	to abdicate	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
禅师禪師	chán shī	honorific title for a Buddhist monk	syn
禅宗禪宗	chán zōng	Zen Buddhism	syn
禅院禪院	chán yuàn	Buddhist hall
禅房禪房	chán fáng	a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple	syn
禅杖禪杖	chán zhàng	the staff of a Buddhist monk
禅机禪機	chán jī	Buddhist allegorical word or gesture / subtleties of Buddhist doctrine	syn
禅让禪讓	shàn ràng	to abdicate	syn
禅林禪林	chán lín	a Buddhist temple	syn
禅城禪城	chán chéng	see 禪城區\|禅城区[Chan2 cheng2 qu1]
禅堂禪堂	chán táng	meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
禅修禪修	chán xiū	to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
禅位禪位	shàn wèi	to abdicate (as king)
禅城区禪城區	chán chéng qū	Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong
禅门五宗禪門五宗	chán mén wǔ zōng	the five schools of Chan Buddhism

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
班禅班禪	bān chán	Panchen (Lama) / abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼\|班禅额尔德尼[Ban1 chan2 E2 er3 de2 ni2]
参禅參禪	cān chán	to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation
坐禅坐禪	zuò chán	to sit in meditation / to meditate	syn
打禅打禪	dǎ chán	to meditate (of Buddhist)
封禅封禪	fēng shàn	(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
刘禅劉禪	liú chán	Liu Chan 劉禪\|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
刘禅劉禪	liú shàn	Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]
受禅受禪	shòu shàn	to accept abdication
口头禅口頭禪	kǒu tóu chán	Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase	syn
褒禅山褒禪山	bāo chán shān	Mt Baochan in Anhui / formerly known as Mt Hua 華山\|华山
野狐禅野狐禪	yě hú chán	heresy
班禅喇嘛班禪喇嘛	bān chán lǎ ma	Panchen Lama
永贞内禅永貞內禪	yǒng zhēn nèi shàn	Yongzhen abdication of 805