dǎ​chán

meditate

dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
dīng cubes
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrteŋʔ
teːŋʔ
Unicodeděng

說文解字

《說文新附》:“打,擊也。从手,丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chán, shàn, tán meditation Simplified

To pray  alone  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shì show
SoundMeaning component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

meditation Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shì show
Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyenH[d]ar-s hand over to another

說文解字

《說文》:“禪,祭天也。从示,單聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica