陈

陳

Chén

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

Chén

1.surname Chen
2.Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
3.Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nán Cháo]

chén

1.(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
2.(bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
3.old; stale

CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA

Wiktionary

1.short moment of time
2.formation
3.Classifier for short periods of an event: spell; burst; gust ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
4.column, row or file of troops
5.beam; crossbeam (Classifier: 條／条 c)
6.wheelbase
7.to make a sound; to ring

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Etymology

Simplified from 陳 (東 → 东)

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Stroke order

Components

陈阝东

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Related words

陈述 to state; to declare 陈旧 old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated 陈列 to display; to exhibit 陈套 hackneyed formula; worn-out convention 陈米 old rice (typically stored for over a year)陈忱 Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水浒后传铺陈 to arrange 陈化 to age; to mature (wine, tea, cheese etc)陈年 (of wine) aged 陈厚 Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor 展陈 to exhibit; to display 陈书 History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yáo Sī lián] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls