East Asian Expressions
- Zen (禪), a school of Mahayana Buddhism, pronounced Chán in Mandarin Chinese
- Chán (禅), a school of Mahayana Buddhism, primarily a Chinese Buddhist lineage.
- -chan, a Japanese honorific title
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