禅 — Chinese character
禅
chán
meditation, contemplation
- Pinyin
- chán
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 礻 单
- Formation
- ideographic — To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 禪
- Japanese
- 禅 as a kanji
Common words with 禅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禅师 (禪師) | chán shī | honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
| 口头禅 (口頭禪) | kǒu tóu chán | Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase |
| 禅修 (禪修) | chán xiū | to practice Zen (esp. meditation) |
| 封禅 (封禪) | fēng shàn | (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu |
| 禅院 (禪院) | chán yuàn | Buddhist hall |
| 坐禅 (坐禪) | zuò chán | to sit in meditation; to meditate |
| 禅让 (禪讓) | shàn ràng | to abdicate |
| 参禅 (參禪) | cān chán | to practice Chan Buddhist meditation; to practice Zen meditation |
| 禅堂 (禪堂) | chán táng | meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) |
| 禅房 (禪房) | chán fáng | a room in a Buddhist monastery; a temple |
| 禅机 (禪機) | chán jī | Buddhist allegorical word or gesture; subtleties of Buddhist doctrine |
| 禅林 (禪林) | chán lín | a Buddhist temple |
English words written with 禅
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.