| chán | meditation (Buddh.)/Zen/dhyana |
| shàn | abdicate |
| 禅 | dhyana (Sanskrit) Zen meditation (Buddhism) |
| 禅位 | to abdicate (as king) |
| 禅城 | see 禪城區|禅城区 |
| 禅城区 | Chancheng district, Foshan city, Guangdong |
| 禅堂 | meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) |
| 禅学 | Teachings of Zen |
| 禅宗 | Zen Buddhism |
| 禅室 | a meditation room |
| 禅寺 | a Buddhist temple |
| 禅师 | honorific title for a Buddhist monk |
| 禅心 | the meditative mind |
| 禅悟 | realization to truth; awakening to truth |
| 禅房 | a room in a Buddhist monastery a temple |
| 禅机 | Buddhism subtleties Buddhist allegory |
| 禅杖 | the staff of a Buddhist monk |
| 禅林 | a Buddhist temple |
| 禅让 | to abdicate |
| 禅门 | Buddhism. |
| 禅门五宗 | the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom) |
| 禅院 | Buddhist hall |