Chinese Character 禅 Meanings and components.

Form

禅

Meaning

禅 meaning[3] in English

Dhyana (Sanskrit).

Zen.

Meditation (Buddhism).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 禅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and Japanese variant of … (単)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFCWJ

How to write 禅

To write禅chan2dhyana (Sanskrit) you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 単dan1Japanese variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 単 = 禅

禅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 禅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 禅, looks as follow:

禅
Pinyin:chan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dhyana (Sanskrit) . Zen . Meditation (Buddhism)
礻
Pinyin:shi4
単
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 單|单
畄
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 留[Liu2]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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