禪杖
chán​zhàng HSK7

monk's staff

  • created reference approved 禅杖/禪杖 → 根 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    禅杖 / 禪杖 chán​zhàng

    根 gēn

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 禅杖/禪杖 · chán​zhàng · monk's staff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    禅杖 / 禪杖

    chán​zhàng

    monk's staff

    a Buddhist staff; originally a bamboo stick used to wake up those falling asleep during meditation, later a general term for a staff carried by a monk or abbot as a symbol of authority

    禅 (literal) → 禅/禪 · chán · Zen 杖 (literal) → 杖 · zhàng · staff

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense