禪 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「示」+音符「單」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

Zen Buddhism, silent meditation

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ゼン
• セン

Kun (native)

• しずか
• ゆず(る)

Other languages

• 拼音chan2
• 拼音shan4
• 한글seon
• Hán-ViệtThiện
• Hán-ViệtThiền

infoBasics

Strokes

17 strokes

Radical

示(しめす)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+79AA

grid_viewComponents

• 一いち
• ｜
• 口くち
• 日ひ
• 礻しめすへん
• 田た

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰示單

compare_arrowsVariants

• 禅Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-5-12

Four Corner

3625.6

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4e9.2

Nelson

3257