禅 chán meditation
meditation; contemplation
怎么记住“禅”: 礻 spirit + 单 single = meditation. Stressed from work, Tom wants to calm his spirit, takes a single mat in the corner of the yoga class and sinks into quiet meditation.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
禅 = 礻 spirit + 单 single
- 礻 spirit meaning
- 单 single sound
Stressed from work, Tom wants to calm his spirit, takes a single mat in the corner of the yoga class and sinks into quiet meditation.
How it came to be
The spirit sign gives the meaning and the sign for single the sound; the word first meant an offering to Heaven.
用法
- Chan/Zen Buddhism and meditation: 禅宗 (Chánzōng) the Zen school, 参禅 (cānchán) to practice Zen meditation, 坐禅 (zuòchán) to sit in meditation.
- 口头禅 (kǒutóuchán), a 'Zen phrase on the lips', means a pet phrase/verbal habit. Note: read shàn it means to abdicate (禅让).