禪 — Chinese character
禪
chán
meditation, contemplation
- Pinyin
- chán
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 礻 單
- Formation
- ideographic — To pray 礻 alone 單; 單 also provides the pronunciation
- Simplified
- 禅
- Japanese
- 禪 as a kanji
禪 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 4
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