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Translingual
Han character
禪 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口口十 (IFRRJ), four-corner 36256, composition ⿰礻單)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 846, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24835
- Dae Jaweon: page 1267, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2408, character 10
- Unihan data for U+79AA
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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嚲
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*taːlʔ
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癉
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*taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn
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奲
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*taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ
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驒
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*daːl, *daːn, *teːn
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鼉
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*daːl
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磾
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*teːl
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鷤
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*deːl, *deːls, *daːn
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觶
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*tjal, *tjals
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單
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*taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans
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鄲
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*taːn
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殫
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*taːn
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簞
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*taːn
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匰
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*taːn
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襌
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*taːn
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彈
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*daːn, *daːns
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貚
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*daːn, *deːn
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撣
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*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ
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潬
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*daːnʔ
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僤
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*daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan
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憚
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*daːns
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樿
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*tjanʔ
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燀
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*tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ
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戰
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*tjans
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闡
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*tʰjanʔ
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繟
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*tʰjanʔ
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幝
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*tʰjanʔ
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嘽
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*tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ
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灛
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*tʰjanʔ
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蟬
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*djan
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禪
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*djan, *djans
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嬋
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*djan
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墠
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*djanʔ
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鱓
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*djanʔ
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蕇
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*teːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *djan, *djans) : semantic 示 + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).
Etymology
Pronunciation 1 is short for 禪那, which is a borrowing from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “dhyana”).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- siân - literary;
- sîⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
- siêng5 - Chaozhou;
- siang5 - Shantou, Chenghai.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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禪
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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2031
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Phonetic component
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單
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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鋋
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Old Chinese
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/*djan/
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Definitions
禪
- (Buddhism) dhyana; deep meditation; contemplation
- Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist teachings
- relating to Buddhism; Buddhist; thoughtful; philosophical
Compounds
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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禪
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzyenH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ar-s/
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English
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hand over to another
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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禪
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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2036
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Phonetic component
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單
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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繕
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Old Chinese
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/*djans/
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Definitions
禪
- (obsolete) to offer sacrifices to nature
- See also: 封
封於泰山,禪於梁父。封禪之王,七十二家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
封于泰山,禅于梁父。封禅之王,七十二家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
- Fēng yú Tàishān, Shàn yú Liángfǔ. Fēngshàn zhī wáng, qīshí'èr jiā.
- Some sevety-two kings performed the Feng sacrifice on Mount Tai and the Shan sacrifice on Liangfu (translation based on Rickett, 1998)
是以封泰山而禪梁甫,朝諸侯而一天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
是以封泰山而禅梁甫,朝诸侯而一天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 《大戴禮記》 Records of Ritual Matters by Dai the Elder, Late Western Han
- Shìyǐ fēng Tàishān ér shàn Liángfǔ, cháo zhūhóu ér yī tiānxià.
- So he offered sacrifices to Heaven at Mount Tai and offer sacrifices to Earth at Liangfu; he gathered the various princes and united All under Heaven.
- to abdicate and pass the throne to someone
- to succeed; to replace
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
禪
- name of an ancient state
References
Japanese
Kanji
禪
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 禅)
- dhyana; deep meditation; contemplation
Readings
Korean
Hanja
禪 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
- Zen
Vietnamese
Han character
禪: Hán Nôm readings: thiền, thiện, thuyền, xèng
- Dhyana
- Zen Buddhism