禅
chánshàn HSK7

meditation

To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show
单
单 SoundMeaning component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

禪 meditation Traditional

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show
單
單 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