禪

See also: 禅

Translingual

shinjitai	禅
simplified	禅
traditional	禪

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 示 + phonetic 單.

Han character

禪 (radical 113 示+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口口十 (IFRRJ), four-corner 3625₆, composition ⿰礻單)

1. oneness <= 單 singular 示 display
2. meditation, contemplation (dhyana)
3. to level ground for an altar
4. abdicate

Descendants

• 禅 – note difference in simplified Chinese 禅 and Japanese shinjitai 禅.

References

• KangXi: page 846, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1267, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2408, character 10
• Unihan data for U+79AA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

禪 (simplified 禅, Jyutping sim3, sim4, sin4, sin6, Yale sim3, sim4, sin4, sin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

禪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 禅)

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Readings

• On: ぜん (zen), せん (sen)
• Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru), しずか (shizuka)

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Korean

Hanja

禪 (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

禪 (simplified 禅, Pinyin chán (chan2), shàn (shan4), tán (tan2), Wade-Giles ch'an², shan⁴, t'an²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

禪 (thiền, thiện, xèng)

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