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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 陈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
陈 chén - surname Chen
- Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
- Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
陈 chén - (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
- (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
- old; stale

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 3,754 2,023 3,115

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 阝 东

Radical:

阝

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To place 阝 facing east 东

Other Words Containing 陈

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
陈 - - 3,754 2,023 3,115
陈述 6 7 4,621 7,292 20,113
陈年 - - 11,125 27,611 16,629
陈词滥调 - - 14,082 75,100 58,794
陈旧 6 8 15,282 13,559 21,781
新陈代谢 6 9 18,624 13,633 7,397
陈列 6 9 22,604 14,436 20,908
陈列室 - - 24,144 52,757 72,628
陈规 - - 28,915 - -
陈腐 - - 30,474 54,620 67,973
陈皮 - - 31,364 20,545 14,540
陈诉 - - 38,428 - 120,245
陈述句 - - 41,807 91,875 78,768
暗渡陈仓 - - 45,512 - -
推陈出新 - - 50,494 30,209 45,404
陈酒 - - 50,607 104,751 77,828
陈货 - - 50,722 - -
陈设 - - 56,104 30,956 43,646
陈规陋习 - - 57,985 86,848 -
坦陈 - - 62,651 50,019 91,438
陈兵 - - 64,246 59,597 96,820
陈冠希 - - 73,084 20,326 8,106
铺陈 - - 78,396 53,985 51,238
陈冲 - - 85,999 58,078 60,766
陈仁锡 - - 88,008 - -
陈迹 - - 88,643 79,944 60,007
陈水扁 - - 98,491 5,261 31,870