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
Chen Kexiong (1950-), novelist
Chen Shou, historian of the Three Kingdoms
Chen Tianhua, late Qing Chinese revolutionary
to present a memorial (to the Emperor)
Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
set pattern; old habit
Chen Jiao, Han dynasty empress
Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet
to lay out the corpse
Old Barag Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia
Chen Xitong, former mayor of Beijing
Chen Chien-jen, former Taiwan vice president
Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam
Chen Chen, Ming-Qing novelist and poet
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
to give a full account
Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage
to display
Anson Chan, Hong Kong politician
Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
Book of Chen, an early Chinese history
Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
Chen Bridge Mutiny; 960 revolt founding Song
Chen Yi, PRC general and foreign minister
Chen Jiongming, Guangdong warlord