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chán(chan2) , shàn(shan4) // pronunciations of 禅 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 禅

Number of strokes: 12
Examples of other characters consisting of 12 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  113.8

Frequency rank: 2196

General standard index number: 2793

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 刘禅, 参禅, 受禅, 坐禅, 打禅, 班禅, 禅位, 禅城, 禅堂, 禅宗, 禅师, 禅房, 禅杖, 禅林, 禅机, 禅让, 禅院, 口头禅, 禅城区, 褒禅山, 野狐禅, 永贞内禅, 班禅喇嘛, 禅门五宗, 班禅额尔德尼

English translation (based on CEDICT):

禪|禅[chán]:
- dhyana (Sanskrit)
- Zen
- meditation (Buddhism)
禪|禅[shàn]:
- to abdicate

Details

Unicode code point: U+7985

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