chén
early morning
Pictograph of an ancient farming tool. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chén
early morning; 5th terrestrial branch; 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
Most common words with 辰
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
ancient Chinese compass point: 120° | ||
time | ||
stars | ||
birthday | ||
birthday |
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ər | dzyin | chén | 5th earthly branch |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.3775% of movies
3223rd most common character in movies
2317th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+8FB0 |
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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