Read Edit View history 陈 Chénchén HSK7 exhibit, display Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 陳. Composed of 阝 and 东. The purpose of 东 is unclear. Pinyin Separate values with commas chén × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 陳 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 阝 is a component form of 阜. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 陈 Simp strokes 陈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint The purpose of this component is unclear. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 陈 Simp strokes 陈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 陈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 213, 692 ], [ 223, 684 ], [ 242, 683 ], [ 328, 718 ], [ 347, 720 ], [ 358, 720 ], [ 373, 707 ], [ 366, 679 ], [ 326, 605 ], [ 317, 577 ], [ 326, 547 ], [ 365, 483 ], [ 372, 455 ], [ 368, 426 ], [ 365, 421 ], [ 343, 420 ], [ 264, 439 ] ], [ [ 153, 701 ], [ 181, 674 ], [ 191, 653 ], [ 198, 593 ], [ 201, 282 ], [ 185, 93 ], [ 192, 12 ] ], [ [ 434, 567 ], [ 456, 561 ], [ 507, 561 ], [ 610, 579 ], [ 776, 620 ], [ 836, 622 ] ], [ [ 608, 800 ], [ 638, 754 ], [ 572, 551 ], [ 488, 350 ], [ 531, 343 ], [ 786, 382 ], [ 839, 373 ] ], [ [ 622, 483 ], [ 641, 469 ], [ 668, 433 ], [ 664, 92 ], [ 652, 59 ], [ 640, 48 ], [ 522, 101 ] ], [ [ 495, 244 ], [ 470, 185 ], [ 412, 98 ] ], [ [ 766, 259 ], [ 873, 158 ], [ 890, 130 ], [ 898, 94 ] ] ], "strokes": [ 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711 Q 137 705 144 691 Q 171 600 173 589 Q 173 579 174 564 Q 193 282 153 119 Q 138 56 179 6 Q 192 -10 204 5 Q 225 36 221 160 Q 222 611 224 640 Q 225 655 225 663 C 226 681 226 681 204 693 Z", "M 592 554 Q 682 573 777 590 Q 834 603 842 611 Q 852 618 847 628 Q 840 640 810 648 Q 779 655 748 643 Q 684 621 613 603 Q 610 603 609 602 L 563 593 Q 503 584 442 578 Q 405 572 431 554 Q 476 530 533 542 Q 539 543 548 545 L 592 554 Z", "M 691 347 Q 758 354 805 358 Q 845 359 848 371 Q 849 384 820 403 Q 799 415 694 393 L 639 382 Q 596 376 546 368 Q 525 365 524 370 Q 523 374 530 391 Q 554 452 592 554 L 609 602 Q 646 716 675 742 Q 691 757 681 767 Q 627 815 603 810 Q 593 809 600 789 Q 612 743 563 593 L 548 545 Q 500 415 457 376 Q 436 358 452 310 Q 458 295 475 302 Q 545 329 640 340 L 691 347 Z", "M 694 393 Q 697 412 703 427 Q 712 446 695 459 Q 670 481 640 490 Q 621 497 613 489 Q 607 482 618 467 Q 637 434 639 382 L 640 340 Q 644 108 625 92 Q 616 85 602 90 Q 563 99 526 107 Q 514 110 515 102 Q 516 95 527 88 Q 605 25 634 -14 Q 649 -30 664 -16 Q 697 14 697 102 Q 694 153 691 347 L 694 393 Z", "M 482 248 Q 451 200 410 160 Q 386 133 395 95 Q 399 76 422 84 Q 477 111 497 186 Q 507 217 506 243 Q 502 253 497 255 Q 488 255 482 248 Z", "M 762 239 Q 811 185 867 108 Q 880 86 896 79 Q 905 78 913 86 Q 926 99 919 144 Q 913 193 767 271 Q 758 277 755 264 Q 754 251 762 239 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.