chén

surname Chen; to display; to lay out

Character data

Radical ⾩ (170.8)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

陳 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

Words containing 陳

Word Meaning
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, a Southern Dynasties history
Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)
Chenqiao Mutiny, 960 coup founding Song
Chen Yi, Chinese Communist leader
Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan president 2000–08
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
Chen Jiongming, early 20th-c. Guangdong warlord
Chen Duxiu, early Chinese communist leader
dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine; tangerine peel
Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician
old rice; rice kept for many years
Claire Chennault, Flying Tigers commander
old Shaoxing wine
Vanessa-Mae, Singapore-born British violinist
trite; clichéd; empty and trite
old-fashioned
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
old rules and customs
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
to display; to set out; furnishings