忏

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Mandarin 3.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 心 (“‘heart’”) + phonetic 千

[edit] Han character

忏 (radical 61 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心竹十 (PHJ), four-corner 9204₀)

1. regret, repent
2. confess sins

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 376, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10315
• Dae Jaweon: page 702, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2272, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5FCF

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

忏 (traditional 懺, Yale chaam3)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

忏 (traditional 懺, pinyin chàn (chan4), Wade-Giles ch'an⁴)