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陈

Traditional: 陳

chén

chén · can4 (Jyutping)

  1. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  2. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
  3. (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
  4. (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
  5. old; stale
  6. surname Chen

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

陈

Meaning
exhibit, display; plead; a surname
Radical
阝
Strokes
7
Components
⿰阝东
Cangjie
NLKD
Four-corner
7429

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