陈
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
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Dict coverage rank #867 U+9648
How 陈 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To place 阝 facing east 东
How to remember it
exhibit · Heisig RSH #1250
pinnacle + rickshaw
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 陈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陈方安生 | Chén Fāng Ān shēng | Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001) |
| 陈天华 | Chén Tiān huà | Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in … |
| 推陈出新 | tuī chén chū xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 推陈布新 | tuī chén bù xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate; to go beyond old ideas; adv… |
| 陈纳德 | Chén nà dé | Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, command… |
| 陈巴尔虎旗 | Chén Bā ěr hǔ Qí | Old Barag Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 南朝陈 | Nán cháo Chén | Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589) |
| 陈元光 | Chén Yuán guāng | Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1… |
| 陈云林 | Chén Yún lín | Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (… |
| 陈化 | chén huà | to age; to mature (wine, tea, cheese etc) |
| 陈伯达 | Chén Bó dá | Chen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism |
| 陈年 | chén nián | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding |
| 陈列台 | chén liè tái | display stand; showcase stall |
| 陈美 | Chén Měi | Vanessa-Mae (1978–), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier |
| 陈书 | Chén shū | History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi… |
| 陈情 | chén qíng | to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority |
| 陈皮 | chén pí | dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 陈德良 | Chén Dé liáng | Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam |
| 陈说 | chén shuō | to state; to assert |
| 陈词 | chén cí | (formal) to state one's views (esp. in court); stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks |