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Kanji Detail for 禪 - "Zen, meditation, abdicate"
禪
- Meaning
禪 means "Zen, meditation, abdicate."
Zen - Buddhist meditation.
Abdicate - To give up the throne.
Ritual - A ceremony to heaven.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Zen Buddhism; silent meditation
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
meditation, contemplation (dhyana); to level ground for altar; abdicate
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
meditation, contemplation
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Sweeping the ground and sacrificing is called 禪. Anciently when the Son of Heaven toured, he would seal Mount Tai and sacrifice to Heaven. Perform 禪 on a small mountain and sacrifice to mountain and river spirits. This is called 封禪 (feng and shan sacrifices). | To pass on. When the Son of Heaven passes the throne to another is called 禪. (Mencius) "Tang and Yu abdicated." Also, when passing the throne to one's son due to old age is called 內禪 (internal abdication). | Good. Completely good is called 戩穀. Seen in (Book of Odes). | To live. (Book of Odes) "穀 then in separate rooms. In death then in the same grave."
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