123456
Keyword
to feel remorse
  • to regret
  • to repent
  • confession
  • penitence
Frequency
#3156
Strokes
6
Readings
chàn
Mnemonic
忄 (heart) gives the meaning and 千 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
忏悔chànhuǐ
to repent; (religion) to confess
忏chàn
(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins (from Sanskrit "ksama")
拜忏bàichàn
to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins