Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Chan
Kangxi stroke count: 21
Page 376, Entry 07
According to the Sound Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced qian (rising tone). According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means anger. Also, according to the Five Sounds Sound Compilation of Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), pronounced qian. According to the Master Yang’s Dialect (Fangyan), from the pass westward, between the Qin and Jin regions, people call good as chan.
Chan. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced jian (falling tone). According to the Sound Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), pronounced jian (falling tone). According to the Sound Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun), it means to repent. Sometimes written with the speech radical. Also, according to the Supplement to Rhymes (Yunbu), it means self-repentance, as in chan-hui (repentance). Found in the Buddhist Canon (Shidian).