chén

to farm

Evolution

莀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
莀 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

 

chén

to farm; a farmer; agriculture

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8380

Shuowen

“,耕也。从,囟聲。,籀文从林。,古文;辳,亦古文。”


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