懺

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 17
Total Strokes: 20
Simplified Form: 忏
Variants: 懴

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chàn
Cantonese: caam3
JapaneseKun: KUIRU
JapaneseOn: ZAN SAN
Korean: CHAM
Vietnamese: sám

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: regret, repent; confess sins

CE-Dict: feel remorse/regret/repent

Soothill: kṣamayati (क्षमयति), "to ask pardon"; to seek forgiveness, patience or indulgence, kṣamā (क्षमा) meaning patience, forbearance, tr. as 悔過 repentance, or regret or error; also as confession. It especially refers to the regular confessional service for monks and for nuns.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to repent

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】懺
【廣韻】楚鑑切【集韻】【韻會】叉鑑切，𠀤音𩟶。【集韻】悔也。或从言。　又【韻補】自𨻰悔也。懺悔。見釋典。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）梵語懺摩Ks!amayati之略。悔過之義。茶香室叢鈔十三曰：宋錢易南部新書雲：懺之始，本自南齊竟陵王，因夜夢往東方普光王如來所，聽彼如來說法。後因述懺悔之言。覺後，即賓席梁武王融謝眺沈約共言其事，王因R乃述成竟陵集二十篇，懺悔一篇。後梁武得位，思懺六根罪業，即將懺悔一篇。召真觀法師慧式，廣演其文，非是為郗後所作。按今竟陵王集有淨住子三十一篇，內第三篇，為滌除三業門。其文雲：滅苦之要，莫過懺悔。懺悔之法，先當潔其心，淨其意，端其形，整其貌，恭其身，肅其容雲雲。豈即所謂懺悔篇乎？

陳義孝佛學常見辭彙 梵語懺摩的簡稱，是悔過的意思。

CF-Dict: se repentir