Unicode: U+7985

Pinyin: chán shàn

Definition

chán:* 佛教指静思。 坐~。参( cān )~。~心。~机(佛教禅宗启发门徒悟道时使用的隐语、比喻以及带有暗示性的动作等)。~宗。~定。 * 特指佛教的。 ~师。~杖。~林。~堂。 shàn:* 帝王的祭地之礼。 封~。 * 帝王让位给别人。 ~位。~让。受~。 * 事物更( gēng )代

meditation, contemplation (DKW: 24787")

Structure

禅 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC