禪
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: 禅
Translingual[edit]
Traditional | 禪 |
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Shinjitai | 禅 |
Simplified | 禅 |
Han character[edit]
禪 (radical 113 示+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口口十 (IFRRJ), four-corner 36256, composition ⿰礻單)
Descendants[edit]
- 禅 – note difference in simplified Chinese 禅 and Japanese shinjitai 禅.
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 846, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24835
- Dae Jaweon: page 1267, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2408, character 10
- Unihan data for U+79AA
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 禪 | |
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simp. | 禅 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 禪
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Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
嚲 | *taːlʔ |
癉 | *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn |
奲 | *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ |
驒 | *daːl, *daːn, *teːn |
鼉 | *daːl |
磾 | *teːl |
鷤 | *deːl, *deːls, *daːn |
觶 | *tjal, *tjals |
單 | *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans |
鄲 | *taːn |
殫 | *taːn |
簞 | *taːn |
匰 | *taːn |
襌 | *taːn |
啴 | *tʰaːn |
彈 | *daːn, *daːns |
貚 | *daːn, *deːn |
撣 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ |
潬 | *daːnʔ |
僤 | *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan |
憚 | *daːns |
樿 | *tjanʔ |
燀 | *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ |
戰 | *tjans |
闡 | *tʰjanʔ |
繟 | *tʰjanʔ |
幝 | *tʰjanʔ |
嘽 | *tʰjanʔ |
灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
蟬 | *djan |
禪 | *djan, *djans |
嬋 | *djan |
墠 | *djanʔ |
鱓 | *djanʔ |
蕇 | *teːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djan, *djans): semantic 示 + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).
Etymology 1[edit]
Short for 禪那, which is a phonetic borrowing from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “dhyana”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'an2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sim4, sin4
- Yale: sìhm, sìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sim4, sin4
- IPA (key): /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
- Note: sim4 - from dissimilation of initial and coda. Compare 蟬.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zoe (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ø²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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Character | 禪 |
Reading # | 1/2 |
Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 市連切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑiᴇn/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑiɛn/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑjæn/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑian/ |
Li Rong |
/ʑiɛn/ |
Wang Li |
/ʑĭɛn/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯ɛn/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chán |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 禪 |
Reading # | 1/2 |
No. | 2031 |
Phonetic component |
單 |
Rime group |
元 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
鋋 |
Old Chinese |
/*djan/ |
Definitions[edit]
禪
- (Buddhism) dhyana; deep meditation; contemplation
- Buddhist doctrine; Buddhist teachings
- relating to Buddhism; Buddhist; thoughtful; philosophical
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 禪
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
- Wade-Giles: shan4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
- IPA (key): /ʂa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sin6
- Yale: sihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin6
- IPA (key): /siːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zoe (T3)
- IPA (key): /z̻ø²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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Character | 禪 |
Reading # | 2/2 |
Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Open |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 時戰切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑiᴇnH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑiɛnH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑjænH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑianH/ |
Li Rong |
/ʑiɛnH/ |
Wang Li |
/ʑĭɛnH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯ɛnH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shàn |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 禪 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shàn |
Middle Chinese |
‹ dzyenH › |
Old Chinese |
/*[d]ar-s/ |
English | hand over to another |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 禪 |
Reading # | 2/2 |
No. | 2036 |
Phonetic component |
單 |
Rime group |
元 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
繕 |
Old Chinese |
/*djans/ |
Definitions[edit]
禪
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
禪
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 禅)
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Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
禪 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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