Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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, altar(Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.)
单 single, individual
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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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