Memory phrase for the character: 禅

禅

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Meaning

Zen, meditation, dhyana (Sanskrit)

Pronunciation

chán, shàn

Explanation

 Left: to show, altar 礻/示, right: single, merely 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)

Mnemonic
 
The altar has to be a single/simple in: Zen meditation.

Radicals

示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
单 single, individual




 Vocabulary

班禅喇嘛 Bān chán Lǎ ma  Bainqen or Panchen Lama, one of two Tibetan spiritual leaders
班禅 Bān chán  Bainqen or Panchen Lama, one of two Tibetan spiritual leaders
禅师 chán shī  honorific title for a Buddhist monk
禅宗 chán zōng  Zen Buddhism
野狐禅 yě hú chán  heresy
 
 

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