Chinese Character Wiki
陣

zhèn

burst, array of troops

Depicts a formation (阝) of soldiers in chariots (車).

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

Definitions

阵 (陣) 

zhèn

column, row or file of troops; disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration

Most common words with 陣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一阵

a burst

阵

wave

一阵子

a while

阵容

troop arrangement

阵地

position

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lri[n]-s

drinH

zhèn

battle array


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 25.0521% of movies

1385th most common character in movies

788th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

阵

Unicode

U+9663


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