Chinese Character 陈 Meanings and components.

Form

陈

Meaning

陈 meaning[3] in English

Surname Chen.

Chen (C. 1045 - 479 Bc), A Zhou Dynasty State.

Chen (557-589), One Of The Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 陈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and surname Dong (东)

Its radical[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLKD

How to write 陈

To write陈chen2surname Chen you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 东dong1surname Dong arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 东 = 陈

陈 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 陈 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 陈, looks as follow:

陈
Pinyin:chen2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen . Chen (C. 1045 - 479 Bc), A Zhou Dynasty State . Chen (557-589), One Of The Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
东
Pinyin:dong1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Dong

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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