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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 禅杖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
禅杖 chán zhàng - the staff of a Buddhist monk

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
- 9 - 59,725 120,277

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
禅 chán- dhyana (Sanskrit)
- Zen
- meditation (Buddhism)
禅 shàn- to abdicate
杖 zhàng- a staff
- a rod
- cane
- walking stick
- to flog with a stick (old)

Other Words Containing 禅杖

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