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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 坐禅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坐禅 zuò chán - to sit in meditation; to meditate

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 53,602 80,220 58,734

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
坐 zuò- surname Zuo
坐 zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]
禅 chán- dhyana (Sanskrit)
- Zen
- meditation (Buddhism)
禅 shàn- to abdicate

Other Words Containing 坐禅

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
坐禅 - - 53,602 80,220 58,734