Chinese Character Wiki
陳

chén

exhibit, display

Composed of 阝 and 東. The purpose of 東 is unclear.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

東 unknown component

東  Unknown component

dōng

  

east

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Evolution

陳 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
陳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陳 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
陳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

陈 (陳) 

chén

exhibit, display; plead; surname; to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale

陈 (陳) 

Chén

surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nán​Cháo]

Most common words with 陳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

陈

to lay out

陈述

an assertion

陈水扁

Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008

陈年

old

陈旧

old-fashioned

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lri[n]

drin

chén

arrange

*lri[n]-s

drinH

zhèn

battle array


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.2468% of movies

1715th most common character in movies

525th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

陈

Unicode

U+9673

Shuowen

“陳，宛丘，舜後媯滿之所封。从，从木，申聲。，古文陳。”


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