忏 — Chinese character
忏
chàn
to regret, to repent; confession, penitence
- Pinyin
- chàn
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 忄 千
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 千
- Traditional
- 懺
Common words with 忏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忏悔 (懺悔) | chàn huǐ | to repent; (religion) to confess |
| 拜忏 (拜懺) | bài chàn | to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins |
English words written with 忏
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.