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ㄔㄢ ˊ

chán

to abdicate

禅 is a 12 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as chán in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as shàn.

In traditional Chinese the character 禪 is used.

It is made up of the components 礻 (sign) and 单 (list).

  • 禅
    ㄔㄢ ˊ

    chán

    to abdicate

    • 礻
      ㄕ ˋ

      shì

      sign

    • 单
      ㄉㄢ

      dān

      list

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 禅

chán
shàn

Definitions for 禅 pronounced as chán

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

Definitions for 禅 pronounced as shàn

  • to abdicate

Vocabulary

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