陳

See also: 陈

Translingual

Taiwanese stroke order

Han character

陳 (radical 170 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中木田 (NLDW), four-corner 7529₆)

1. exhibit, display
2. plead
3. (archaic) ancient
4. a surname, listed tenth in the Baijiaxing

References

• KangXi: page 1353, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41698
• Dae Jaweon: page 1856, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4136, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9673

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Cantonese

Hanzi

陳 (simplified 陈, Jyutping can4, zan6, Yale chan4, jan6)

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Japanese

Kanji

陳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちん (chin), じん (jin)
• Kun: つらねる (tsuraneru), のべる (陳べる, noberu), ふるい (furui)

Compounds

• 陳述
• 陳列

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Korean

Hanja

陳 (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

陳 (simplified 陈, Pinyin chén (chen2), Chén (Chen2), Wade-Giles ch'en², Ch'en²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

陳 (POJ tân, tîn)

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Tan

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Vietnamese

Han character

陳 (trần, trận, rần, trằn, trườn, chằn, dằn)

Readings

• Nôm: chằn, chặn, rần, trằn, trặn, trần, trận, trườn

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999