Read Edit View history Discussion 禅 chánshàn HSK7 meditation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas chán ×shàn ×tán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 禪 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 禅 Simp strokes 禅 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 禅 Simp strokes 禅 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 禅 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 250, 805 ], [ 367, 709 ] ], [ [ 74, 529 ], [ 139, 516 ], [ 304, 568 ], [ 346, 545 ], [ 177, 310 ], [ 30, 178 ] ], [ [ 258, 369 ], [ 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