chén

surname Chen; to display; to lay out

HSK 6 #525

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 525th character
Radical ⾩ (170.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 914
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

陈 chén
  1. 1. surname Chen
  2. 2. to display
  3. 3. to lay out
  4. 4. to exhibit
  5. 5. to state
  6. 6. to explain
  7. 7. to tell
  8. 8. to narrate
  9. 9. old
  10. 10. stale
  11. 11. Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  12. 12. Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties nán cháo

Stroke order

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Words containing 陈

Word Meaning
to state; to declare; an assertion
old-fashioned
metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
to display; to exhibit
old; stored for many years
cliché; commonplace; truism
display room
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
trite; clichéd; empty and trite
dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine; tangerine peel
to state; to assert
declarative sentence
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
innovate; create new from old
shop-worn goods; remnants
old wine
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
to display; to set out; furnishings
to confess; to reveal
to deploy troops; to mass troops
to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail
Chen Renxi, Ming dynasty scholar
Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
Chen Shui-bian, former Taiwan president
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
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