Memory phrase for the character: 陈

陈

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Meaning

to exhibit, to display, old, stale

Pronunciation

chén

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: east 东 (=東 The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)

Mnemonic
 
If a hill is exhibited in the east, it will be an old-stale exhibit.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
東 eastIn this radical, the sun rises 日 behind a tree 木 in the east. The radical has been simplified to 东.




 Vocabulary

陈毅 Chén yì  Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972
陈述 chén shù  an assertion; to declare; to state
新陈代谢 xīn chén dài xiè  metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
陈仲琳 Chén Zhòng lín  Xu Zhonglin or Xu Zhonglin Ming novelist
敷陈 fū chén  to give an orderly account; a thorough narrative
陈恭尹 Chén Gōng yǐn  Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet
陈炯明 Chén Jiǒng míng  Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
陈奕迅 Chén Yì xùn  Eason Chan (1974-), Hong Kong pop singer and actor
陈忱 Chén Chén  Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet
陈忱 Chén Chén  

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