The Chinese Radical: 辰


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Meaning
morning: 7-9 a.m.    辰

Explanation Actually a dragon 辰, but used as a plow: At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农

Used in these characters:
震
JLPT HSK 5
to shake (earth quake), to vibrate, to tremble, excited, shocked
zhèn
雨 辰
Top: rain 雨, below: 'early morning' 辰 = image of plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
When rain causes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".  
振
JLPT HSK 5
to vibrate, to shake, to flap, to resonate
zhèn
扌 辰
Left: hand 扌, right: 'early morning' 辰 =image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
The only one hand at the plow lets it: vibrate and shake.  
唇
JLPT HSK 6
lip
chún
辰 口
Top: early-morning 辰 =image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.), bottom: mouth 口
Like plowed lines at the mouth are: the lips.  
辱
JLPT HSK 6
disgrace, dishonor, humiliation, to insult
rǔ
辰 寸
Top: early-morning 辰 = image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农), below: skillful hand 寸
He had the plow in his skillful hands which he understood as: disgrace.  
辰
JLPT HSK 6
early morning, 5th terrestrial branch
chén
辰
Image of: plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农)
They already plow in the: early morning.  
晨
JLPT HSK 6
morning, daybreak
chén
日 辰
Top: sun 日, bottom: morning 辰 5th earth branch, 7-9 a.m. (=image of plowing 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
With the sun at the plow already at the early morning!  
褥
JLPT no HSK
mattress
rù
衣 辰 寸
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: disgrace, dishonor 辱 (Having the plow 辰 in his skillful hands 寸 he understood as: disgrace.)
For clothes it is a disgrace only serving as: a mattress.  
娠
JLPT no HSK
pregnant
shēn
女 辰
Left: woman 女, right: early morning 辰 = image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
Women who were "plowed" are pregnant.  

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