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谌

chén

Character Traditional 諶

What 谌 means

1. faithful
2. sincere

Other readings

谌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Chénsurname Chen

Characters built on 甚

These share the phonetic component 甚 (shèn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 斟zhēnto pour; to deliberate
• 葚shènused in 桑葚; also pr. rèn
• 椹shènused in 桑椹

Sounds the same

Read chén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沉to submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 尘dust; dirt; earth
• 陈(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 晨morning; dawn; daybreak
• 臣state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 辰5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 宸imperial apartments
• 忱sincerity; honesty
• 蔯a variety of artemisia
• 梣Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
• 茞fragrant plant; angelica
• 煁brazier