漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
辰: sign of the dragon, 7-9AM
Also: fifth sign of Chinese zodiac, shin dragon radical (no. 161)
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 北辰ほくしんNorth-Star
たつtatsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 辰たつthe Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese…
- 辰年たつどしyear of the Dragon
Also read ジン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A kind of agricultural tool used for tilling the fields and removing weeds (; ), possibly made of a kind of large clam 蜃.
Source: Wiktionary, 辰 (rev. 92201913), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for the Dragon zodiac sign and the morning hours, capturing the essential energy of emergence and time.”
Connections
辰 gives its sound to
The family reading is シン (shin). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chén
Same form: 辰 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 辰 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 辰 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chén most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.