chén

(same as 晨) morning

Evolution

㫳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㫳 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
㫳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㫳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

chén

(same as ) morning; daybreak

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+3AF3

Shuowen

“震也。三月陽气動,雷電振,民農時也。物皆生。从乙、匕,象芒達,厂聲也。辰,房星,天時也。从二。二,古文上字。,古文辰。”


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