Simplified:

chán ㄔㄢˊ

    • dhyana (Sanskrit)
    • Zen
    • meditation (Buddhism)

shàn ㄕㄢˋ

    • to abdicate

How 禪 is written

    部首 radical
    a form of
    笔画 strokes
    16, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts

    Words with

    Starting with 禪

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