Usage of the character 禅
shàn
禅
[禪]
- to abdicate
chán
禅
[禪]
- dhyana (Sanskrit)
- Zen
- meditation (Buddhism)
chánjī
禅机
[禪機]
- Buddhist allegorical word or gesture; subtleties of Buddhist doctrine
chánshī
禅师
[禪師]
- honorific title for a Buddhist monk
chánxiū
禅修
[禪修]
- to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
chánlín
禅林
[禪林]
- a Buddhist temple
dǎchán
打禅
[打禪]
- to meditate (of Buddhist)
fēngshàn
封禅
[封禪]
- (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
chánfáng
禅房
[禪房]
- a room in a Buddhist monastery
- a temple
chántáng
禅堂
[禪堂]
- meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
shànràng
禅让
[禪讓]
- to abdicate
Liú Shàn
刘禅
[劉禪]
- Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
- Taiwan pr. ( Liú Chán)
Bānchán
班禅
[班禪]
- Panchen (Lama)
- abbr. for 班禪額爾德尼／班禅额尔德尼 ( Bānchán Eěrdéní)
chánzhàng
禅杖
[禪杖]
- the staff of a Buddhist monk
chányuàn
禅院
[禪院]
- Buddhist hall
zuòchán
坐禅
[坐禪]
- to sit in meditation; to meditate
shànwèi
禅位
[禪位]
- to abdicate (as king)
Chánchéng
禅城
[禪城]
- see 禪城區／禅城区 ( Chánchéngqū)
Chánzōng
禅宗
[禪宗]
- Zen Buddhism
shòushàn
受禅
[受禪]
- to accept abdication
cānchán
参禅
[參禪]
- to practice Chan Buddhist meditation
- to practice Zen meditation
- to sit in meditation
yěhúchán
野狐禅
[野狐禪]
- heresy
Chánchéngqū
禅城区
[禪城區]
- Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong
kǒutóuchán
口头禅
[口頭禪]
- Zen saying repeated as cant
- (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
Bāochán Shān
褒禅山
[褒禪山]
- Mt Baochan in Anhui
- formerly known as Mt Hua 華山／华山
chánménwǔzōng
禅门五宗
[禪門五宗]
- the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
Yǒngzhēnnèishàn
永贞内禅
[永貞內禪]
- Yongzhen abdication of 805
Bānchán Lǎma
班禅喇嘛
[班禪喇嘛]
- Panchen Lama
Bānchán Eěrdéní
班禅额尔德尼
[班禪額爾德尼]
- Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama
- abbr. to 班禪／班禅 ( Bānchán)