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辰

chén

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 辰 means

1. 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 120°

Example sentences

• 天空布满星辰。
  Tiānkōng bùmǎn xīngchén.
  The sky is full of stars.
• 天空晴朗，布满了星辰。
  Tiānkōng qínglǎng, bùmǎn le xīngchén.
  The sky is clear and full of stars.

Words starting with 辰

• 辰光chén guāngsunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day; moment
• 辰星Chén xīngMercury in traditional Chinese astronomy; see also 水星
• 辰时chén shí7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 辰砂chén shācinnabar
• 辰龙chén lóngYear 5, year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000)
• 辰溪县Chén xī XiànChenxi, a county in Huaihua City 怀化市
• 辰溪Chén xīsee 辰溪县

Words containing 辰

• 诞辰dàn chénbirthday
• 时辰shí chentime; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
• 星辰xīng chénstars
• 良辰美景liáng chén měi jǐngfine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
• 北辰Běi chénPolaris; North Star
• 庚辰gēng chénseventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
• 寿辰shòu chénbirthday (of an old person)
• 生辰shēng chénbirthday
• 丙辰bǐng chénfifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
• 忌辰jì chénanniversary of a death
• 甲辰jiǎ chén41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
• 北辰区Běi chén qūBeichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市
• 梁辰鱼Liáng Chén yúLiang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school
• 时辰未到shí chen wèi dàothe time has not yet come
• 良辰吉日liáng chén jí rìfine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
• 众星拱辰zhòng xīng gǒng chénlit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰; to group around a revered leader
• 戊辰wù chénfifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
• 壬辰rén chéntwenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
• 壬辰倭乱rén chén wō luànImjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598
• 十二时辰shí èr shí chentwelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
• 生辰八字shēng chén bā zìone's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour…

Characters that look like 辰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 屄bīcunt (vulgar)
• 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

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…
• 宸imperial apartments
• 忱sincerity; honesty
• 谌faithful; sincere
• 蔯a variety of artemisia
• 梣Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
• 茞fragrant plant; angelica
• 煁brazier

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