禪(shàn)

16 strokes
Readingsshànchán
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Character information

Pinyin
shàn / chán
Meaning
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Strokes
16
HSK level
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Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 禪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰礻單

To pray 礻 alone 單; 單 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

礻shì單dān

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 禪 step by step

16 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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