陳

Stroke order (Taiwan)

陳 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中木田 (NLDW), four-corner 7529₆, composition ⿰阝東)

• 樄 敶 蔯 䨯 螴 𠼂 𭒜 𢠣 𢴟 𣼼 𮁂 𨼤 𮔽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1353, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41698
• Dae Jaweon: page 1856, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4136, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9673

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 陳姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 陳氏 (Cantonese)
• 陳姓 (Gan)
• Chhṳ̀n (siang) (Hakka)
• Dìng (sáng) (Eastern Min)
• Tân (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)

Historical forms of the character 陳
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'iŋ, *l'iŋs) : semantic 阜 (“mound”) + phonetic 東 (OC *toːŋ) – to display; to arrange.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

陳

1. to exhibit; to display

   陳設／陈设  ―  chénshè  ―  to exhibit

2. to explain

   陳述／陈述  ―  chénshù  ―  to describe

3. old; ancient

   陳年／陈年  ―  chénnián  ―  old

• (to exhibit): 編排／编排 (biānpái), 排列 (páiliè)
• (to explain):

• (old):

陳

1. (～國) (historical) state of Chen (vassal state during the Zhou dynasty)
2. (～朝) (historical) Chen dynasty (557–589), the fourth and last of the Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
3. a surname, listed tenth in the Baijiaxing: Chen, Chan, Chun, Chin, Tan

   陳子昂／陈子昂  ―  Chén Zǐ'áng  ―  Chen Zi'ang (Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty)

   陳水扁／陈水扁  ―  Chén Shuǐbiǎn  ―  Chen Shui-bian (President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2000-2008)

• → English: Chen, Ch'en, Chan, Chun, Chin, Tan, Tang

(Jōyō kanji)

1. display
2. plead

• Go-on: じん (jin)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin, Jōyō)
• Kun: のぶ (nobu, 陳ぶ)、のべる (noberu, 陳べる)、ひなくれる (hinakureru, 陳くれる)、ひなこびる (hinakobiru, 陳こびる)、ひねる (hineru, 陳ねる)、ふるい (furui, 陳い)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

陳

Wikipedia ^ja

From Middle Chinese 陳 (MC drin|drinH).

• IPA^(key):

陳(ちん) • (Chin) 

1. Chen dynasty
2. Chen (state)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• 老成

• (Tokyo) ひね (Atamadaka – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

陳(ひね) • (hine) 

1. aging

• 陳(ひ)ねる (hineru)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

陳 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

1. To spread, to lay out, to unfold.

陳: Hán Nôm readings: trần

1. Chữ Hán form of Trần (“a surname from Chinese.”).

   陳國峻 ― Trần Quốc Tuấn

• Nôm: chằn, chặn, rần, trằn, trặn, trần, trận, trườn

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999