陈 — Chinese character
陈
chén
to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
- Pinyin
- chén
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 阝 东
- Formation
- ideographic — To place 阝 facing east 东
- Traditional
- 陳
Common words with 陈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陈述 (陳述) | chén shù | to state; to declare |
| 陈列 (陳列) | chén liè | to display; to exhibit |
| 陈旧 (陳舊) | chén jiù | old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated |
| 新陈代谢 (新陳代謝) | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 陈年 (陳年) | chén nián | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding |
| 陈设 (陳設) | chén shè | to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings |
| 陈腐 (陳腐) | chén fǔ | trite; clichéd |
| 推陈出新 (推陳出新) | tuī chén chū xīn | to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 陈词 (陳詞) | chén cí | (formal) to state one's views (esp. in court); stale rhetoric; clichéd remarks |
| 陈尸 (陳屍) | chén shī | to lie dead (in a location); to be found dead (somewhere) (used in news reports about unnatural or unexplained deaths) |
| 陈词滥调 (陳詞濫調) | chén cí làn diào | cliché; commonplace |
| 陈列室 (陳列室) | chén liè shì | exhibition room; display room |
English words written with 陈
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.