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Lingering Mind

Zanshin

 cán xīn
 zan shin
Lingering Mind Scroll

First off, 殘心 should only be used in the context of Japanese martial arts. In Chinese, it's a rather sad title (like a broken heart). In Chinese, the first character alone means destroyed, spoiled, ruined, injured, cruel, oppressive, savage, incomplete, or disabled. However, in Japanese, it's remainder, leftover, balance, or lingering.
The second character means heart, mind, soul, or essence in both languages.

殘心 is one of the five spirits of the warrior (budo) and is often used as a Japanese martial arts tenet. Under that context, places such as the Budo Dojo define it this way: The spirit of zanshin is the state of the remaining or lingering spirit. It is often described as a sustained and heightened state of awareness and mental follow-through. However, true zanshin is a state of focus or concentration before, during, and after the execution of a technique, where a link or connection between uke and nage is preserved. Zanshin is the state of mind that allows us to stay spiritually connected, not only to a single attacker but to multiple attackers and even an entire context; a space, a time, an event.


残In modern Japan (and Simplified Chinese), they use a different version of the first character, as seen to the right. Click on this character to the right instead of the button above if you want this modern Japanese version of lingering mind / zanshin.

Alert / On Guard / Lingering Mind

Zanshin

 zan shin
Alert / On Guard / Lingering Mind Scroll

残心 is a Japanese Kanji word meaning: continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; lingering mind, and being prepared for a counterstrike. This context is used in martial arts, which is probably why you are looking up this word.

In archery and golf, it can be the follow-through.

In the context of love and relationships, it can be lingering affection, attachment, regret, regrets, or reluctance.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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zán
    zan2
tsan

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Zan
I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)

贊比亞


赞比亚

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zàn bǐ yà
    zan4 bi3 ya4
tsan pi ya

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Zambia
Zambia


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zán
    zan2
tsan
variant of 咱[zan2]

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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
to accumulate, to hoard, to store up


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zán
    zan2
tsan
variant of 咱[zan2]

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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
swift

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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
to press or squeeze hard


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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save

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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
surname Zan


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 zan
temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
Temporarily, briefly, meanwhile, suddenly.

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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
old variant of 拶[zan3]

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zàn
    zan4
tsan
gather

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zàn
    zan4
tsan
to spatter, to splash, to scatter


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
libation cup

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zān
    zan1
tsan
 kanzashi
    かんざし
hairpin
ornate hairpin


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zān
    zan1
tsan
old variant of 簪[zan1]
See:

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zān
    zan1
tsan
zanba, Tibetan barley bread


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 san
    さん
variant of 讚|赞[zan4]
(1) praise; tribute; (2) inscription (on a painting); (personal name) San
to praise


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 san
    さん
variant of 贊|赞[zan4]; to praise
a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture
stotra, hymn, praise.


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 tatou / tato
    たとう
variant of 贊|赞[zan4]
(1) praise; tribute; (2) inscription (on a painting); (given name) Tatou


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 san
to patronize; to support; to praise; (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)
To assist.


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zǎn
    zan3
tsan
to hasten; to urge


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 zan
to scurry; variant of 暫|暂[zan4]
momentarily


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
group of 100 families; place name


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zàn
    zan4
tsan
 tagane
    たがね
to engrave
(1) (kana only) chisel; (2) (kana only) burin; graver; engraving tool; (3) (kana only) gad; jumper; mining tool

偈讚


偈赞

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jié zàn
    jie2 zan4
chieh tsan
 gesan
To sing in verse the praises of the object adored.

傳贊


传赞

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zhuàn zàn
    zhuan4 zan4
chuan tsan
postscript to a biography

勸讚


劝讚

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quàn zàn
    quan4 zan4
ch`üan tsan
    chüan tsan
 kansan
to praise

參贊


参赞

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cān zàn
    can1 zan4
ts`an tsan
    tsan tsan
to serve as an adviser; (diplomatic rank) attaché; counselor

咱倆


咱俩

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zán lia
    zan2 lia3
tsan lia
the two of us

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Lingering Mind殘心
残心
zan shin / zanshincán xīn / can2 xin1 / can xin / canxints`an hsin / tsanhsin / tsan hsin
Alert
On Guard
Lingering Mind
残心zan shin / zanshin
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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