陳

See also: 陈

Translingual

Taiwanese stroke order

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 陳
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Ideogram (指事) - 阜 + 東. This character was originally a proper noun of some sort, and is believed to be the name of an ancient city.

Han character

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

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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Chinese

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trad.		陳
simp.		陈

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chén, Chén (chen², Chen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ, ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tân / Tân / tîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ên²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Chén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ên²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chenr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: can⁴
    • Yale: chàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tân / Tân / tîn
    • Tâi-lô: tân / Tân / tîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daan, daan, diin
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan²³/, /tan²³/, /tin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan¹³/, /tan¹³/, /tin¹³/
  • Note: tân - vernacular; tîn - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (陳, reconstructed)
Character (陳), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 直珍切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiɪn/	/ȡʱi̯ĕn/	/ȡiĕn/	/ɖin/	/ɖin/	/ȡĭĕn/	/ȡjen/
Character (陳), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 澄 (11) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 直刃切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɖiɪnH/	/ȡʱi̯ĕnH/	/ȡiĕnH/	/ɖinH/	/ɖinH/	/ȡĭĕnH/	/ȡjenH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (陳, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
陳								chén								‹ drin ›								/*lri[n]/								arrange
陳								zhèn								‹ drinH ›								/*lri[n]-s/								battle array
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
陳					1392					陳					眞					2					陳					/*l'iŋ/					同敶見經典，右從敕象布種于山阜，會層列意，非申聲
陳					1395					陳					眞					2					敶					/*l'iŋs/					同敶

Verb

陳

1. to exhibit, display

   陳設／陈设

2. (only used in compounds) To explain.

   陳述 / 陈述  ―  chénshù  ―  to describe

Adjective

陳

1. (only used in compounds) Old, ancient.

   陳年 / 陈年  ―  chénnián  ―  old

Derived terms

• 陳酒／陈酒 (“aged liquor”)

Proper noun

陳

1. A surname​., listed tenth in the Baijiaxing

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Tan

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chên⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan⁶
    • Yale: jahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn²²/

Noun

陳

1. Alternative form of 陣

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Japanese

Kanji

陳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: じん (jin) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: ちん (chin)
• 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)

1. To spread, to lay out, to unfold.

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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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