Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

陳: exhibit, state

Also: relate, explain

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 東 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チンchin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 陳述ちんじゅつ
  • 陳情ちんじょうpetition; appeal
  • 陳謝ちんしゃapology
  • 陳列ちんれつexhibition; display; putting on show
  • 陳腐ちんぷstale; hackneyed; clichéd
  • 新陳代謝しんちんたいしゃ

Also read ひねる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
More in the 阝 hill story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⻖

Also built on hill (⻖)

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東

Also built on east (東)

The 東 family reads トウ (tou); 陳 is read チン.

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
陳 exhibit · ⻖
vs凍 frozen · 冫
陳 has ⻖ where 凍 has 冫.
In ChineseSimplified 陈 · traditional, as in Japanese · chén

Japan keeps the traditional form 陳; mainland China simplifies it to 陈.

Simplified
陈 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
陳 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.

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